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labour

/ˈleɪbə(r)/

noun

Emek, özellikle çaba gerektiren fiziksel iş

Work, especially physical work requiring effort and exertion.

  • The construction required months of hard labour.
  • Manual labour built these ancient monuments.
  • She appreciated the fruits of her labour.
  • The division of labour in modern economies has led to increased specialization but may reduce workers' understanding of entire production processes.
  • Agricultural reforms aimed to reduce the intense physical labour traditionally required for rice cultivation through mechanization and improved irrigation.
  • Economic historians debate whether industrial labour conditions in the nineteenth century were worse than those in pre-industrial cottage industries.
noun

İşçiler toplu olarak, özellikle manuel veya endüstriyel iş yapanlar

Workers collectively, especially those doing manual or industrial work; the workforce.

  • The dispute between labour and management continues.
  • Labour unions negotiated better working conditions.
  • The Labour Party represents working people.
nounmedical

Doğum süreci, özellikle kasılmalardan doğuma kadar

The process of childbirth, especially from the start of contractions to delivery.

  • She went into labour at midnight.
  • The labour lasted twelve hours.
  • Her contractions indicated early labour.
verb

Çok çalışmak, özellikle fiziksel işlerde

To work hard, especially at physical tasks; to toil.

  • They laboured in the fields from dawn to dusk.
  • He laboured over the essay for hours.
  • She laboured to finish the project on time.