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- [bih-ley-ber]
- /bɪˈleɪ bər/
- /bɪˈleɪ.bər/
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- [bih-ley-ber]
- /bɪˈleɪ bər/
Definitions of belabour word
- verb belabour If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly. 3
- verb belabour If you say that someone belabours the point, you mean that they keep on talking about it, perhaps in an annoying or boring way. 3
- verb belabour to beat severely; thrash 3
- verb belabour to attack verbally; criticize harshly 3
- verb with object belabour to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary: He kept belaboring the point long after we had agreed. 1
- verb with object belabour to assail persistently, as with scorn or ridicule: a book that belabors the provincialism of his contemporaries. 1
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Origin of belabour
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; be- + labor
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Parts of speech for Belabour
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
belabour popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
belabour usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for belabour
verb belabour
- assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
- caning — a beating with a cane as a punishment
- comminute — to break (a bone) into several small fragments
- comminuted — pulverized; ground
- exprobate — (obsolete) To exprobrate.
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