Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

labouring

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.55 in modern English

Syllables
labour-ing
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of labour

Canadian usage; British usage

noun

The act of one who labours; toil; work done.

Usage

Inflected Forms

laboring (alternative) labourings (plural) more labouring (comparative) most labouring (superlative)

Derived Forms

labouringly nonlabouring unlabouring

Synonyms

drudging laboring toiling

Questions

What does labouring mean?
present participle and gerund of labour

How to pronounce labouring

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