What does DILIGENT mean?
Definitions for DILIGENT
ˈdɪl ɪ dʒəntdili·gent
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Princeton's WordNet
diligent, perseveringadjective
quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
"a diligent (or patient) worker"; "with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business"
diligentadjective
characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks
"a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"
Wiktionary
diligentadjective
Performing with intense concentration, focus, responsible regard.
Etymology: From diligent, from diligent, from diligens, present participle of diligere, from di-, dis- + legere; see elect and select.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
DILIGENTadjective
Etymology: diligens, Latin.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings. Prov. xxii. 29.
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition. Deutr xix.
Wikipedia
diligent
Diligence—carefulness and persistent effort or work—is one of the seven heavenly virtues. It is indicative of a work ethic, the belief that work is good in itself.
ChatGPT
diligent
Diligent refers to showing careful and consistent effort or work. A diligent person is characterized by perseverance, meticulousness, attentiveness, hardworking nature and a strong sense of responsibility. This word is often used in reference to tasks or jobs that require concentration, focus and persistence over time.
Webster Dictionary
Diligentadjective
prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent
Diligentadjective
interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious
Wikidata
Diligent
Constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Diligent
dil′i-jent, adj. steady and earnest in application: industrious.—n. Dil′igence, steady application: industry: (Scots law) a warrant to produce witnesses, books, &c., or a process by which persons or goods are attached: a French or continental stage-coach (also pronounced dē-lē-zhongs)—also Dill′y.—adv. Dil′igently. [Fr.,—diligens, -entis, pr.p. of L. diligĕre, to choose.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of DILIGENT in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of DILIGENT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of DILIGENT in a Sentence
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.
But in order for people to trust the internet overall and overtime, there needs to be the right regulation put in place, and I think the best way for that to get put in place is by governments like this one that are being thoughtful and diligent about how to do this.
The main thing that helps our candidates is, state by state, the fact that they've tended to business, they've been diligent legislators and taken care of the home folks.
I recall his diligent work alongside so many of my predecessors, who entrusted him with important responsibilities in the Vatican diplomacy, up to the delicate office of secretary of state.
She has worked hard, won a diligent campaign.
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- مجتهدArabic
- прилежен, усърден, старателенBulgarian
- pilnýCzech
- diwydWelsh
- flittigDanish
- fleißig, arbeitsam, eifrigGerman
- επιμελήςGreek
- diligentaEsperanto
- diligenteSpanish
- huolellinen, tunnollinenFinnish
- industrieux, diligentFrench
- dèanadachScottish Gaelic
- חָרוּץHebrew
- मेहनतीHindi
- szorgalmasHungarian
- աշխատասերArmenian
- diligenteInterlingua
- rajinIndonesian
- diligentaIdo
- diligenteItalian
- חָרוּץHebrew
- 勤勉Japanese
- uzcītīgs, cītīgs, centīgsLatvian
- urupūMāori
- arbeidsomNorwegian
- vlijtig, toegewijd, ijverigDutch
- arbeidsamNorwegian Nynorsk
- flittig, iherdigNorwegian
- pilnyPolish
- diligentePortuguese
- harnicRomanian
- работящий, усердный, трудолюбивый, прилежныйRussian
- arbetsam, flitig, ihärdigSwedish
- விடாமுயற்சிTamil
- ขยันThai
- çalışkanTurkish
- میہنتیUrdu
- siêng năngVietnamese
- 勤奋Chinese
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