Word of the Day:
diligent
What It Means
Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
Scientists are very diligent in their work.
Did You Know?
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.
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