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Grammar : Adj
Spell : dil-i-juhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪl ɪ dʒənt

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Définition of diligent

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French diligent (14c.), from Latin diligentem "attentive, assiduous" (see diligence). Related: Diligently.
  • adj persevering, hard-working
Example sentences :
  • She was "diligent in business," but this did not preclude her being "fervent in spirit."
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • The frog is a diligent songster, having a good voice but no ear.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Of what is know as Elizabethean literature he has been a diligent student.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • Thus shall I be diligent to serve your Wisdoms in all humility.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • Diligent enquiry there, in likely and unlikely places, proved fruitless.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • He afterwards put himself to a trade, was diligent, and succeeded in it.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Application and perseverance, and the diligent improvement of opportunities, will do the rest.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • It matters not though a youth be slow, if he be but diligent.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Well, so he did, and was as diligent in his business as most of them could be.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • All the heads were now bent over the work in diligent silence.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

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