labor under a misconception
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labor under a delusion/misapprehension/misconception — ◇ If you continue to believe something that is not true, you are laboring under a delusion/misapprehension/misconception. He still labors under the delusion that other people value his opinion. • • • Main Entry: ↑labor … Useful english dictionary
labor — a labor of love easy false labor hard menial migrant organized painstaking performlabor physical productive prolonged protracted seasonal … Combinatory dictionary
labor, labour — I n. work 1) to do, perform labor, labour 2) manual, physical; menial; painstaking; productive; sweated (BE), sweatshop; skilled; unskilled labor, labour 3) a division of labor, labour 4) (misc.) (a) division of labor, labour; a labor, labour of… … Combinatory dictionary
labor — la|bor1 [ leıbər ] noun *** 1. ) uncount all the workers in a particular country, industry, or company considered as a group: the declining demand for labor in agriculture a plentiful supply of cheap labor skilled/unskilled labor: The demand for… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mis·con·cep·tion — /ˌmıskənˈsɛpʃən/ noun, pl tions [count] : a wrong or mistaken idea a common/popular misconception I d like to clear up a few misconceptions about the schedule. labor under a misconception see ↑labor, 2 … Useful english dictionary
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire — History of Mexico This article is part of a series Pre Columbian Mexico … Wikipedia
labour — labour1 W1S3 n BrE labor AmE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(work)¦ 2¦(workers)¦ 3¦(baby)¦ 4 a labour of love 5 somebody s labours ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(WORK)¦[U] work, especially physical work ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
Two Treatises of Government — Infobox Book name = Two Treatises of Government title orig = translator = image caption = Title page from the first edition author = John Locke illustrator = cover artist = country = England language = English series = subject = Political… … Wikipedia
mistake — mis·take n 1: an unintentional error esp. in legal procedure or form that does not indicate bad faith and that commonly warrants excuse or relief by the court the court s power to revise a judgment because of fraud, mistake, or irregularity a… … Law dictionary
Error — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Error >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 error error fallacy Sgm: N 1 misconception misconception misapprehension misstanding misunderstanding Sgm: N 1 inexactness inexactness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 laxity … English dictionary for students
