Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to labour
Participle: laboured
Gerund: labouring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | labour |
| you | labour |
| he;she;it | labours |
| we | labour |
| you | labour |
| they | labour |
Perfect
| I | have laboured |
| you | have laboured |
| he;she;it | has laboured |
| we | have laboured |
| you | have laboured |
| they | have laboured |
Past
| I | laboured |
| you | laboured |
| he;she;it | laboured |
| we | laboured |
| you | laboured |
| they | laboured |
Pluperfect
| I | had laboured |
| you | had laboured |
| he;she;it | had laboured |
| we | had laboured |
| you | had laboured |
| they | had laboured |
Future
| I | will labour |
| you | will labour |
| he;she;it | will labour |
| we | will labour |
| you | will labour |
| they | will labour |
Future Perfect
| I | will have laboured |
| you | will have laboured |
| he;she;it | will have laboured |
| we | will have laboured |
| you | will have laboured |
| they | will have laboured |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | labour |
| you | labour |
| he;she;it | labour |
| we | labour |
| you | labour |
| they | labour |
Perfect
| I | have laboured |
| you | have laboured |
| he;she;it | have laboured |
| we | have laboured |
| you | have laboured |
| they | have laboured |
Imperfect
| I | laboured |
| you | laboured |
| he;she;it | laboured |
| we | laboured |
| you | laboured |
| they | laboured |
Pluperfect
| I | had laboured |
| you | had laboured |
| he;she;it | had laboured |
| we | had laboured |
| you | had laboured |
| they | had laboured |
Conditional
Present
| I | would labour |
| you | would labour |
| he;she;it | would labour |
| we | would labour |
| you | would labour |
| they | would labour |
Perfect
| I | would have laboured |
| you | would have laboured |
| he;she;it | would have laboured |
| we | would have laboured |
| you | would have laboured |
| they | would have laboured |
Imperative
| you | labour |
| we | Let's labour |
| you | labour |
Verbs conjugated like 'labour'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'labour'
labor,
tabour,
abhour,
belabour,
clamour,
favour,
flavour,
glamour,
harbour,
lour,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English labouren, from Old French laborer, from Latin laborare (“(intransitive) to labor, strive, exert oneself, suffer, be in distress, (transitive) to work out, elaborate”), from labor (“labor, toil, work, exertion”); perhaps remotely akin to robur (“strength”). Displaced native English swink (“toil, labor”). See: Old French '
laborer', Latin '
laborare'.
Verbs referencing "labour"
Ido laborar.
Sample Sentences
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It is their station to work. And they do work. They labour in these mills, upon an average, twelve hours a day, which is unquestionably work, and pretty tight work too. Perhaps it is above their station to indulge in such amusements, on any terms. Are we [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The women work in covered sheds, erected for that purpose. If I remember right, there are no shops for the men, but be that as it may, the greater part of them labour in certain stone-quarries near at hand. The day being very wet indeed, this labour was suspended, and the prisoners were in their cells. Imagine these cells, some two or three hundred in number, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The stoppage of this bank, with all its ruinous consequences, had cast (as I was told on every side ) a gloom on Philadelphia, under the depressing effect of which it yet laboured. It certainly did seem rather dull and out of spirits.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] cell, and he can draw it at his pleasure. During the day, his bedstead turns up against the wall, and leaves more space for him to work in. His loom, or bench, or wheel, is there; and there he labours, sleeps and wakes, and counts the seasons as they change, and grows old.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Many of the workmen appeared to be strong men, and it is hardly necessary to add that they were all labouring quietly, then. After two o’clock in the day, they are allowed to sing, a certain number at a time. The hour striking while I was there, some twenty sang a hymn in parts, and sang it by no means [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)