"diligent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/ [UK] Audio: en-us-diligent.ogg [US] Forms: more diligent [comparative], most diligent [superlative]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|diligent}} Middle English diligent, {{der|en|fro|diligent}} Old French diligent, {{der|en|la|dīligēns||careful, attentive, diligent}} Latin dīligēns (“careful, attentive, diligent”), {{m|la|dīligō||to love, esteem much|lit=to choose, select}} dīligō (“to love, esteem much”, literally “to choose, select”), {{m|la|dī-}} dī-, {{m|la|dis-||apart}} dis- (“apart”), {{m|la|legō||to choose}} legō (“to choose”), {{m|en|elect}} elect, {{m|en|select}} select Head templates: {{en-adj}} diligent (comparative more diligent, superlative most diligent)
  1. Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: deligent [archaic] Derived forms: diligently Related terms: diligence Translations (hard-working and focused): σπουδαῖος (spoudaîos) (Ancient Greek), مُجْتَهِد (mujtahid) (Arabic), աշխատասեր (ašxataser) (Armenian), тырыш (tırış) (Bashkir), егәрле (yegərle) (Bashkir), эшсән (eşsən) (Bashkir), працаві́ты (pracavíty) (Belarusian), стара́нны (staránny) (Belarusian), руплі́вы (ruplívy) (Belarusian), пі́льны (pílʹny) (Belarusian), приле́жен (priléžen) (Bulgarian), усъ́рден (usǎ́rden) (Bulgarian), стара́телен (starátelen) (Bulgarian), трудолюби́в (trudoljubív) (Bulgarian), diligent (Catalan), 刻苦 (kèkǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 耐勞 (Chinese Mandarin), 耐劳 (nàiláo) (Chinese Mandarin), 努力 (nǔlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 勤奮 (Chinese Mandarin), 勤奋 (qínfèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 勤勞 (Chinese Mandarin), 勤劳 (qínláo) (Chinese Mandarin), 勤勉 (qínmiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), pilný [masculine] (Czech), flittig (Danish), ihærdig (Danish), arbejdsom (Danish), ijverig (Dutch), vlijtig (Dutch), toegewijd (Dutch), diligenta (Esperanto), íðin (Faroese), dúgligur (Faroese), arbeiðssamur (Faroese), tunnollinen (Finnish), huolellinen (Finnish), uuttera (Finnish), industrieux (French), diligent (French), dilixente (Galician), bulideiro (Galician), შრომისმოყვარე (šromismoq̇vare) (Georgian), ბეჯითი (beǯiti) (Georgian), fleißig (German), arbeitsam (German), eifrig (German), sorgfältig (German), dienstbeflissen [dated] (German), חָרוּץ (kharútz) (Hebrew), मेहनती (mehnatī) (Hindi), szorgalmas (Hungarian), igyekvő (Hungarian), diligenta (Ido), rajin (Indonesian), diligente (Interlingua), diligente (Italian), 勤勉 (kinben) (alt: きんべん) (Japanese), លំអោត (lumʼaot) (Khmer), ស្រវាស្រទេញ (srɑɑvaa srɑɑtɨñ) (Khmer), ឱហាត (ʼaohaat) (Khmer), 근면하다 (geunmyeonhada) (Korean), 부지런하다 (bujireonhada) (Korean), sēdulus (Latin), industrius (Latin), diligens (Latin), centīgs (Latvian), cītīgs (Latvian), uzcītīgs (Latvian), усрден (usrden) (Macedonian), трудољубив (trudoljubiv) (Macedonian), работлив (rabotliv) (Macedonian), urupū (Maori), pukunanaiore (Maori), хичээнгүй (xičeengüj) (Mongolian), flittig (Norwegian), iherdig (Norwegian), arbeidsom (Norwegian Bokmål), arbeidsam (Norwegian Nynorsk), pilny [masculine] (Polish), diligente (Portuguese), harnic (Romanian), diligent (Romanian), приле́жный (priléžnyj) (Russian), усе́рдный (usérdnyj) (Russian), трудолюби́вый (trudoljubívyj) (Russian), работя́щий (rabotjáščij) (Russian), стара́тельный (starátelʹnyj) (Russian), dèanadach (Scottish Gaelic), ма̀рљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), трудољубив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), màrljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), trudoljubiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), pilný (Slovak), usilovný (Slovak), pracovitý (Slovak), marljiv (Slovene), diligente (Spanish), flitig (Swedish), ihärdig (Swedish), arbetsam (Swedish), ขยัน (kà-yǎn) (Thai), çalışkan (Turkish), стара́нний (staránnyj) (Ukrainian), пи́льний (pýlʹnyj) (Ukrainian), рете́льний (retélʹnyj) (Ukrainian), میہنتی (mehnatī) (Urdu), siêng năng (Vietnamese), chăm chỉ (Vietnamese), diwyd (Welsh)

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qínfèn",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
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          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
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          "roman": "qínláo",
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          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
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          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
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          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
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          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
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          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "íðin"
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "dúgligur"
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "arbeiðssamur"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "tunnollinen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "huolellinen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "industrieux"
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          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "dilixente"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "bulideiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šromismoq̇vare",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "შრომისმოყვარე"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "beǯiti",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "ბეჯითი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "fleißig"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "arbeitsam"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "eifrig"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "sorgfältig"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dienstbeflissen"
        },
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "spoudaîos",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "σπουδαῖος"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kharútz",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "חָרוּץ"
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mehnatī",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "मेहनती"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "szorgalmas"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "igyekvő"
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          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "diligenta"
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          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
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          "roman": "srɑɑvaa srɑɑtɨñ",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "ស្រវាស្រទេញ"
        },
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼaohaat",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "ឱហាត"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "geunmyeonhada",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
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        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bujireonhada",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "부지런하다"
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          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
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          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "usrden",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "усрден"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "trudoljubiv",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "трудољубив"
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        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "rabotliv",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "работлив"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "urupū"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "pukunanaiore"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xičeengüj",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "хичээнгүй"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "flittig"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "iherdig"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "arbeidsom"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "arbeidsam"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pilny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "diligente"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "harnic"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "diligent"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "priléžnyj",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "приле́жный"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "usérdnyj",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "усе́рдный"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trudoljubívyj",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "трудолюби́вый"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rabotjáščij",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "работя́щий"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "starátelʹnyj",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "стара́тельный"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "dèanadach"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ма̀рљив"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "трудољубив"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "màrljiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "trudoljubiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "pilný"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "usilovný"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "pracovitý"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "marljiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "diligente"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "flitig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "ihärdig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "arbetsam"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kà-yǎn",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "ขยัน"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "çalışkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "staránnyj",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "стара́нний"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pýlʹnyj",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "пи́льний"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "retélʹnyj",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "рете́льний"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "mehnatī",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "میہنتی"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "siêng năng"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "chăm chỉ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "hard-working and focused",
          "word": "diwyd"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-diligent.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "diligently"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leǵ-"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "diligent"
      },
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        "4": "",
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "dī-"
      },
      "expansion": "dī-",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "dis-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "apart"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "legō",
        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "elect"
      },
      "expansion": "elect",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "select"
      },
      "expansion": "select",
      "name": "m"
    }
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    {
      "form": "more diligent",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most diligent",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "word": "diligence"
    }
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        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old French",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leǵ-",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Hindi terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Urdu terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Personality"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Scientists are very diligent in their work.",
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        }
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          "industrious"
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          "concentration",
          "concentration"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/En-us-diligent.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "deligent"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mujtahid",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "مُجْتَهِد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ašxataser",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "աշխատասեր"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "tırış",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "тырыш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yegərle",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "егәрле"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "eşsən",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "эшсән"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pracavíty",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "працаві́ты"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "staránny",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "стара́нны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ruplívy",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "руплі́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pílʹny",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "пі́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "priléžen",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "приле́жен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "usǎ́rden",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "усъ́рден"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "starátelen",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "стара́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trudoljubív",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "трудолюби́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "diligent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kèkǔ",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "刻苦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "耐勞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nàiláo",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "耐劳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǔlì",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "努力"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "勤奮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qínfèn",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "勤奋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "勤勞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qínláo",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "勤劳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qínmiǎn",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "勤勉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pilný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "flittig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "ihærdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "arbejdsom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "ijverig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "vlijtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "toegewijd"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "diligenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "íðin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "dúgligur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "arbeiðssamur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "tunnollinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "huolellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "uuttera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "industrieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "diligent"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "dilixente"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "bulideiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šromismoq̇vare",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "შრომისმოყვარე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "beǯiti",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "ბეჯითი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "fleißig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "arbeitsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "eifrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "sorgfältig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "dienstbeflissen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "spoudaîos",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "σπουδαῖος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kharútz",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "חָרוּץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mehnatī",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "मेहनती"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "szorgalmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "igyekvő"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "diligenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "rajin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "diligente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "diligente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きんべん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kinben",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "勤勉"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "lumʼaot",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "លំអោត"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "srɑɑvaa srɑɑtɨñ",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "ស្រវាស្រទេញ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaohaat",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "ឱហាត"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geunmyeonhada",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "근면하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bujireonhada",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "부지런하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "sēdulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "industrius"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "diligens"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "centīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "cītīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "uzcītīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "usrden",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "усрден"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "trudoljubiv",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "трудољубив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rabotliv",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "работлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "urupū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "pukunanaiore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xičeengüj",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "хичээнгүй"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "flittig"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "iherdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "arbeidsom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "arbeidsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pilny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "diligente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "harnic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "diligent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priléžnyj",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "приле́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usérdnyj",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "усе́рдный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trudoljubívyj",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "трудолюби́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rabotjáščij",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "работя́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "starátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "стара́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "dèanadach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ма̀рљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "трудољубив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "màrljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "trudoljubiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "pilný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "usilovný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "pracovitý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "marljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "diligente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "flitig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "ihärdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "arbetsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kà-yǎn",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "ขยัน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "çalışkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "staránnyj",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "стара́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pýlʹnyj",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "пи́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "retélʹnyj",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "рете́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "mehnatī",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "میہنتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "siêng năng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "chăm chỉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "hard-working and focused",
      "word": "diwyd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diligent"
}

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