Diligent
adj
adj ·3 syllables ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
"Scientists are very diligent in their work."
Adjective
- 1 characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks wordnet
- 2 quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness wordnet
Example
More examples"You students are supposed to be diligent."
Etymology
From Middle English diligent, from Old French diligent, from Latin dīligēns (“careful, attentive, diligent”), present participle of dīligō (“to love, esteem much”, literally “to choose, select”), from dī-, dis- (“apart”) + legō (“to choose”); see elect and select.