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“Labored” or “Laboured”

Language

Labored and laboured are both English terms.

Usage

Labored is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while laboured is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
labored 97 17 24 91 37 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
laboured 3 83 76 9 63 81 0 100 100 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "labored" over "laboured" (97 to 3).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 83 to 17 preference for "laboured" over "labored".
  • In India, there is a 76 to 24 preference for "laboured" over "labored".
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "labored" over "laboured" (91 to 9).
  • In Canada, there is a 63 to 37 preference for "laboured" over "labored".
  • In Australia, there is a 81 to 19 preference for "laboured" over "labored".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "labored" and "laboured".
  • In Ireland, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "laboured" over "labored".
  • In New Zealand, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "laboured" over "labored".
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "labored" and "laboured".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "labored" and "laboured".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "labored" and "laboured".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use labored or laboured with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “labored”

  • She has indeed labored, and is heavily laden, but
  • zeal and fidelity, he has labored in the noble work of
  • Arfe labored on it from 1517–1524, on
  • it all up — he labored diligently for the Roman Catholic
  • Euthymius labored as abbot of the Iveron
  • and Aroostook and her consorts labored four hours before they refloated
  • Here they labored, building a new mission house
  • coordination, digestive and excretory disorders, labored breathing, racing heartbeat and frequently
  • The prisoners who labored there—–Jews from Warsaw, Leipzig, Salzburg,
  • After that, she labored as a teacher during 35

Examples of “laboured”

  • the Labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all
  • is known, but without any laboured splendour of language or affected
  • He laboured from 1679 to 1681 to
  • and am sorry that you laboured under any mistake on account
  • England, went to Australia and laboured for thirty-two years in Queensland.
  • rattles, lumbering ponderously from one laboured scene to another".
  • "melodies wane and lyrics become laboured on later tracks" such as
  • At this work he laboured for several years with great
  • The sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti had laboured for fifty years to create
  • dream for which he had laboured so hard the provision of


(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.)


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