diligent
UK/ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/
diligent adjective: performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
Adjective
diligent (comparative more diligent, superlative most diligent)
- Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
- Scientists are very diligent in their work.
diligent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
diligent in Hindi
- hard-working and focused
- कर्मठ karmaṭh, कर्मनिष्ठ karmaniṣṭh, परिश्रमी pariśramī, उद्योगी udyogī, मेहनती mehnatī
diligent in Tamil
- தளரா
diligent in Urdu
- hard-working and focused
- مِحْنَتی mihnatī
diligent in Bengali
- কাজে অত্যন্ত পরিশ্রমী, মনোযোগী এবং অধ্যবসায়ী
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- diligent in Malayalam
- പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന, അദ്ധ്വാനശീലമുള്ള, ശ്രദ്ധാപൂർവ്വമായ, മുഷിഞ്ഞു പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന
- diligent in Kannada
- ದುಡಿಯುವ, ಕೆಲಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಮನವಿರುವ, ಕಡಗುವ, ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾಯುಕ್ತ
- diligent in Odia
- ସତର୍କ satarka
- diligent in Nepali
- लगनशील
- diligent in Arabic
- مُجْتَهِد mujtahid
- diligent in Indonesian
- rajin
- diligent in Thai
- ขยัน kà-yǎn
- diligent in Vietnamese
- siêng năng, chăm chỉ
Forms of diligent
| comparative | more diligent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most diligent |
| alternative form | deligent |
Origin of diligent
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.
Words formed from diligent
Questions about diligent
- What does diligent mean?
- Diligent means performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
- What is diligent in Hindi?
- Diligent in Hindi is कर्मठ (karmaṭh), कर्मनिष्ठ (karmaniṣṭh), परिश्रमी (pariśramī). See Diligent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is diligent?
- Diligent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce diligent?
- Diligent is pronounced /ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/ (UK).
Words near diligent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: diligent (page history and authors); diligent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diligent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diligent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diligent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ସତର୍କ (Odia) (page history and authors); diligent (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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