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The definition of diligent is hard working and done with painstaking effort.

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An example of diligent is a worker who always stays late to get projects done on deadline.
An example of diligent is the artist who paints each strand of hair on a portrait.

See diligent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

persevering and careful in work; industrious
done with careful, steady effort; painstaking

Origin: ME < OFr < L diligens: see diligence

Related Forms:

diligently adverb

See diligent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Marked by persevering, painstaking effort. See Synonyms at busy.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin dīligēns, dīligent-

Origin: , present participle of dīligere, to esteem, love

Origin: : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis-

Origin: + legere, to choose; see leg- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

dilˈi·gent·ly adverb

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