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UK
/dˈɪlɪdʒəns/
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[ US /ˈdɪɫədʒəns, ˈdɪɫɪdʒəns/ ]
[ US /ˈdɪɫədʒəns, ˈdɪɫɪdʒəns/ ]
NOUN
- conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
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a diligent effort
it is a job requiring serious application -
persevering determination to perform a task
frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues
his diligence won him quick promotions
How To Use diligence In A Sentence
- Compared with the action of this destructive solvent, that of all other disintegrating agencies concerned in our decivilization is as the languorous indiligence of rosewater to the mordant fury of nitric acid. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909
- The diligence, tolerance and persistence of cows and their sensitiveness to how we treat them demonstrates to us that we must respect life.
- Cast þe cawse oñ my copy/rude/& bar {e} of eloquence, 1240 which {e} to drawe out [I] haue do my besy diligence, redily to reforme hit/by resoñ and bettur sentence. Early English Meals and Manners
- Cast þe cawse oñ my copy/rude/& bar {e} of eloquence, which {e} to d {ra} we out [I] haue do my besy diligence, redily to reforme hit/by resoñ and bettur sentence. Early English Meals and Manners
- Perhaps one could justify riches as the reward for the skill, diligence, foresight and cunning of the original creator.
- The Gilmores knew that dreams have to be actualized by hard work and diligence.
- Diligence is the path leading to happiness.
- The uncertainty surrounding him would cause a chain of events and interviews, due diligence any team looking to acquire Williams in a trade would insist upon.
- A spokesman insisted that due diligence checks were made before her appointment. Times, Sunday Times
- Whatever be the parts or abilities of men, whatever diligence they may use in the investigation of the truth, whatever disciplinary knowledge they may attain thereby, the Spirit of God never did nor ever will instruct a proud, unhumbled soul in the right knowledge of the Pneumatologia