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{
"term": "labor",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "work, especially physical work",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**manual labor** *(= work using your hands)*"
},
{
"text": "The price will include the labor and materials."
},
{
"text": "The company wants to keep down **labor costs**."
},
{
"text": "The workers voted to **withdraw their labor** *(= to stop work as a means of protest)*."
}
],
"topics": ["Business"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a task or period of work",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was so exhausted from the day's labors that he went straight to bed."
},
{
"text": "People look forward to enjoying **the fruits of their labors** during retirement."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the people who work or are available for work in a country or company",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a shortage of labor"
},
{
"text": "Companies are making huge profits by exploiting **cheap labor** in poor countries."
},
{
"text": "There is a growing demand for **skilled labor**."
},
{
"text": "New **labor laws** make it more difficult for employers to sack workers."
},
{
"text": "good **labor relations** *(= the relationship between workers and employers)*"
}
],
"topics": ["Working life"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the period of time or the process of giving birth to a baby",
"sensetop": "in labor",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Jane was in labor for ten hours.",
"contextForm": "in labor"
},
{
"text": "She **went into labor** early."
},
{
"text": "labor pains"
},
{
"text": "It was a difficult labor."
}
],
"topics": ["Life stages"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Writing the book was a labor of love."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [],
"us": []
},
"wordOrigin": null
}