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- US Pronunciation
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- [an-tahy, an-tee ley-ber]
- /ˈæn taɪ, ˈæn ti ˈleɪ bər/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [an-tahy, an-tee ley-ber]
- /ˈæn taɪ, ˈæn ti ˈleɪ bər/
Definitions of anti-labor word
- noun anti-labor productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain. 1
- noun anti-labor the body of persons engaged in such activity, especially those working for wages. 1
- noun anti-labor this body of persons considered as a class (distinguished from management and capital). 1
- noun anti-labor physical or mental work, especially of a hard or fatiguing kind; toil. 1
- noun anti-labor a job or task done or to be done. 1
- noun anti-labor the physical effort and periodic uterine contractions of childbirth. 1
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Origin of anti-labor
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English labour < Middle French < Latin labōr- (stem of labor) work
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Anti-labor
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
anti-labor popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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