be diligent
31diligent — dil|i|gent [ˈdılıdʒənt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin, present participle of diligere to put high value on, love ] someone who is diligent works hard and is careful and thorough ▪ a diligent student >diligently adv ▪ They… …
32diligent — [14] The underlying meaning of diligent is ‘loving’. It comes via Old French diligent from the present participial stem of Latin dīligere ‘esteem highly, love’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis ‘apart’ and legere ‘choose’… …
33diligent — adjective someone who is diligent works hard and is careful and thorough: Philip is a diligent worker and should do well in the examinations. diligently adverb: They worked diligently all morning. diligence noun (U) …
34diligent — [14] The underlying meaning of diligent is ‘loving’. It comes via Old French diligent from the present participial stem of Latin dīligere ‘esteem highly, love’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis ‘apart’ and legere ‘choose’… …
35diligent — dil|i|gent [ dılıdʒənt ] adjective FORMAL someone who is diligent works very hard and very carefully: HARD WORKING ╾ dil|i|gent|ly adverb: the people who worked so diligently to keep the school open …
36diligent — adjective careful and conscientious in one s work or duties. Derivatives diligently adverb Origin ME: via OFr. from L. diligens, diligent assiduous , from diligere love, take delight in …
37diligent — adjective diligent workers Syn: industrious, hard working, assiduous, conscientious, particular, punctilious, meticulous, painstaking, rigorous, careful, thorough, sedulous, earnest; persevering, persistent, tenacious, zealous, dedicated …
38diligent — UK [ˈdɪlɪdʒ(ə)nt] / US [ˈdɪlɪdʒənt] adjective formal someone who is diligent works very hard and very carefully Derived word: diligently adverb the people who worked so diligently to keep the school open …
39diligent — a, diligènt, o adj. diligente …
40diligent inquiry — Such inquiry as a diligent man, intent upon ascertaining a fact, would ordinarily make, and it is inquiry made with diligence and good faith to ascertain the truth, and must be an inquiry as full as the circumstances of the situation will permit …