Meaning of diligent in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈdɪlədʒənt/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    diligent

    Definitions

    1. quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness

    Examples

    • « a diligent (or patient) worker »
    • « with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business »

    Synonyms

  2. Qualitative Adjective

    diligent

    Etymology

    Middle English: via Old French from Latin diligens, diligent-‘assiduous’, from diligere‘love, take delight in’

    Definitions

    1. characterized by care and perseverence in carrying out tasks

    Examples

    • « a diligent detective investigates all clues »
    • « a diligent search of the files »

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Famous quotes

  • « You really have to work hard and apply yourself and by applying yourself and working hard and being diligent, you can achieve success. »
    Julie Benz
  • « To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. »
    Buddha
  • « Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture. »
    Albert J. Nock
  • « For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom. »
    Muqtada al Sadr
  • « Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common. »
    Denis Diderot

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