See sedulous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "With the right equipment, an indoor grower could create a utopia for his plants, an artificial habitat more perfect than any in nature, and his happy, happy weeds would respond. These sedulous attentions would be wasted on male plants, which are worse than useless in sinsemilla production.",
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[
"pursuit",
"pursuit"
],
[
"constant",
"constant"
],
[
"persevering",
"persevere"
],
[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"endeavours",
"endeavour#Noun"
],
[
"effect",
"effect#Verb"
],
[
"goal",
"goal"
],
[
"steadily",
"steadily"
],
[
"industrious",
"industrious"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "assiduous"
},
{
"word": "industrious"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Nearer and More Immediate Causes of Popular Errours, […]”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 14:",
"text": "Now as there are many great wits to be condemned, who have neglected the increment of Arts, and the ſedulous purſuit of knowledge; ſo are there not a few very much to be pittied, whoſe induſtry being not attended with naturall parts, they have ſweat to little purpoſe, and rolled the ſtone in vain.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1886, Francis A. Leyland, “The Rev. Patrick Brontë”, in The Brontë Family: With Special Reference to Patrick Branwell Brontë [...] In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Hurst and Blackett, publishers, […], →OCLC, page 55:",
"text": "Miss [Elizabeth] Branwell's affectionate regard for her dead sister's [Maria Branwell's] children caused her to take deep interest in everything relating to them, their health, the comfort and cleanliness of their home, and the sedulous culture of their minds.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XVII [Uniform ed., p. 169]",
"text": "He had much to learn about boys, and he learnt not by direct observation—for which he believed he was unfitted—but by sedulous imitation of the more experienced masters."
},
{
"ref": "2001, Michael Pollan, “Desire: Intoxication/Plant: Marijuana”, in The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 135; republished New York, N.Y.: Random House, 2014, →ISBN:",
"text": "With the right equipment, an indoor grower could create a utopia for his plants, an artificial habitat more perfect than any in nature, and his happy, happy weeds would respond. These sedulous attentions would be wasted on male plants, which are worse than useless in sinsemilla production.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010 March 9, Paul Routledge, “Scotland is turning into another country … loch, stock and barrel”, in Daily Mirror, London: Reach plc, →ISSN, →OCLC:",
"text": "The Scots have always been a fiercely independent people, but it surprised me how far this sedulous process of separation has gone already.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of an activity: carried out with diligence."
],
"links": [
[
"activity",
"activity"
],
[
"carried out",
"carry out"
],
[
"diligence",
"diligence"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛd͡ʒʊləs/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛdjʊ-/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛd͡ʒələs/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "usǎrden",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "усърден"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "onverdroten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "väsymätön"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "assidu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "diligent"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "persévérant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "zélé"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "eifrig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "emsig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "gewissenhaft"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "zelanta"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "zeloza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "diligente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "meticoloso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "solerte"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kinbenna",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "勤勉な"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sessetohataraku",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "せっせと働く"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "sēdulus"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "diligente"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "asiduu"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "perseverent"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "stăruitor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priléžnyj",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "приле́жный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "starátelʹnyj",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "стара́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upórnyj",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "упо́рный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usérdnyj",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "усе́рдный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "dùrachdach"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "flitig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "oförtruten"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "trägen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "staránnyj",
"sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
"word": "стара́нний"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "priležen",
"sense": "of an activity: carried out with diligence",
"word": "прилежен"
}
],
"word": "sedulous"
}
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