how to pronounce belabour

/bɪˈlɛɪ.bəɹ/

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belabour is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of belabour

verb:

To attack someone verbally.
To discuss something repeatedly; to harp on.
To labour about; labour over; work hard upon; ply diligently.
To beat soundly; thump; beat someone.

belabour frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word belabour occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics belabour can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that belabour can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;