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belabour

be·la·bor
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bih-ley-ber]
    • /bɪˈleɪ bər/
    • /bɪˈleɪ.bər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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

Historical Comparancy

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

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Synonyms 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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