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labour of love

la·bour of love
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ley-ber uhv, ov luhv]
    • /ˈleɪ bər ʌv, ɒv lʌv/
    • /ˈleɪbə(r) əv lʌv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ley-ber uhv, ov luhv]
    • /ˈleɪ bər ʌv, ɒv lʌv/

Definitions of labour of love words

  • phrase labour of love If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work. 0
  • noun labour of love something done for pleasure rather than gain 0
  • noun labour of love (Idiomatic) Britain spelling of labor of love. 0
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Parts of speech for Labour of love

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
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determiner
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labour of love popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% 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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