Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to labor
Participle: labored
Gerund: laboring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | labor |
| you | labor |
| he;she;it | labors |
| we | labor |
| you | labor |
| they | labor |
Perfect
| I | have labored |
| you | have labored |
| he;she;it | has labored |
| we | have labored |
| you | have labored |
| they | have labored |
Past
| I | labored |
| you | labored |
| he;she;it | labored |
| we | labored |
| you | labored |
| they | labored |
Pluperfect
| I | had labored |
| you | had labored |
| he;she;it | had labored |
| we | had labored |
| you | had labored |
| they | had labored |
Future
| I | will labor |
| you | will labor |
| he;she;it | will labor |
| we | will labor |
| you | will labor |
| they | will labor |
Future Perfect
| I | will have labored |
| you | will have labored |
| he;she;it | will have labored |
| we | will have labored |
| you | will have labored |
| they | will have labored |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | labor |
| you | labor |
| he;she;it | labor |
| we | labor |
| you | labor |
| they | labor |
Perfect
| I | have labored |
| you | have labored |
| he;she;it | have labored |
| we | have labored |
| you | have labored |
| they | have labored |
Imperfect
| I | labored |
| you | labored |
| he;she;it | labored |
| we | labored |
| you | labored |
| they | labored |
Pluperfect
| I | had labored |
| you | had labored |
| he;she;it | had labored |
| we | had labored |
| you | had labored |
| they | had labored |
Conditional
Present
| I | would labor |
| you | would labor |
| he;she;it | would labor |
| we | would labor |
| you | would labor |
| they | would labor |
Perfect
| I | would have labored |
| you | would have labored |
| he;she;it | would have labored |
| we | would have labored |
| you | would have labored |
| they | would have labored |
Imperative
| you | labor |
| we | Let's labor |
| you | labor |
Verbs conjugated like 'labor'
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 'labor'
labour,
tabor,
abhor,
abord,
abort,
belabor,
cabob,
clamor,
favor,
flavor,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- work
- exertion, strain, toil, drudgery, moil, drive
- suffer
- resist, repel, reject, repudiate
- belabor
- elaborate, overdo
Antonyms
- work
- idleness, leisure, rest, inertia
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, "exertion of the body," from O.Fr. labour (Fr. labeur), from L. laborem (nom. labor) "toil, pain, exertion, fatigue, work," perhaps originally "tottering under a burden," related to labere "to totter." The verb is c.1300, from M.Fr. labourer, from L. laborare, from labor. The verb in modern Fr., Sp., Port. means "to plow;" the wider sense being taken by the equivalent of Eng. travail. Meaning "body of laborers considered as a class" (usually contrasted to capitalists) is from 1839; Labour "the British Labour Party" is from 1906. Sense of "physical exertions of childbirth" is 1595, from Fr. en travail "in (childbirth) suffering" (see travail). Labor Day first marked 1882 in New York City.
Sample Sentences
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[...] had been comforting himself with the thought of a cottage, rude, indeed, but one which he might make neat and quiet, and where he might have a shelf for his Bible, and a place to be alone out of his laboring hours. He looked into several; they were mere rude shells, destitute of any species of furniture, except a heap of straw, foul with dirt, spread confusedly over the floor, which was merely the bare [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom read,—“Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The woman suddenly turned to her work, and labored with a despatch that was perfectly astonishing to Tom. She seemed to work by magic. Before the day was through, her basket was filled, crowded down, and piled, and she had several times put largely [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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They found us. (labored breathing ) HUGO: Are they out front or out back ?
(Disclosure Day)