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assiduous

UK/əˈsɪdjuːəs//əˈsɪd͡ʒu.əs/

assiduous adjective: hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.

Adjective

assiduous (comparative more assiduous, superlative most assiduous)

  1. Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.
    • He was officious in the right time and place, quiet as a lamb when his patron seemed inclined to study or to muse, active and assiduous to assist or divert him whenever it seemed to be wished.1831, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 2, in The Surgeon's Daughter
    • He died after three weeks' illness, during which Mrs. Penniman, as well as his daughter, had been assiduous at his bedside.1880, Henry James, chapter 33, in Washington Square, Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 249

assiduous meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Indonesian and Thai

assiduous in Urdu

انتھک, محنتی, منہمک, سعی کرنے والا, ثابت قدم

assiduous in Malayalam

കഠിനാധ്വാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന, നിരന്തരം പ്രയത്നിക്കുക, തൽപരമായ

assiduous in Indonesian

hard-working
tekun, giat, rajin, kerja keras

assiduous in Thai

hard-working
ขยัน kà-yǎn

Examples of assiduous in a sentence

  • A good deal of assiduous attention had enabled Henry to win this place in her affections.1917, P. G. Wodehouse, “Bill the Bloodhound”, in The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories:
  • But in this case, the Madrid station got conclusively null results after an assiduous search.2003 February 20, James A. Van Allen, “Termination of Pioneer 10's Mission”, in Pioneer 10 & 11 GTT Charged Particles, The University of...
  • Klein rose to prominence in the 1960s by assiduous application of accounting methods to the music industry.2009 July 6, Will Pavia, “Allen Klein, accountant turned manager of the Beatles, dies at 77”, in The Times, UK:
  • “Asteroid City,” the latest from Wes Anderson, is filled with the assiduous visuals, mythic faces and charming curiosities that you expect from this singular filmmaker.2023 June 15, Manohla Dargis, “‘Asteroid City’ Review: Our Town and Country”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Synonyms of assiduous

All synonyms of assiduous

Forms of assiduous

comparativemore assiduous
superlativemost assiduous

Origin of assiduous

A learned borrowing from Latin assiduus, from assidere (“to sit down to”), from ad- (“to”) + sedere (“to sit”). Compare sedulous. Cognate (via assidere) to assess.

Words formed from assiduous

Questions about assiduous

What does assiduous mean?
Assiduous means hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.
What is assiduous in Urdu?
Assiduous in Urdu is انتھک, محنتی, منہمک. See Assiduous meaning in Urdu.
How do you use assiduous in a sentence?
A good deal of assiduous attention had enabled Henry to win this place in her affections.
What part of speech is assiduous?
Assiduous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce assiduous?
Assiduous is pronounced /əˈsɪdjuːəs/ (UK).

Words near assiduous in the dictionary

  1. assident
  2. assidious
  3. assiduate
  4. assiduities
  5. assiduity
  6. assiduous
  7. assiduously
  8. assiduousness
  9. assiege
  10. assieged
  11. assieges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: assiduous (page history and authors); assiduous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); assiduous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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