Definitions for diligent

diligent dil·i·gent

Spelling: [dil-i-juh nt]
IPA: /ˈdɪl ɪ dʒənt/

Diligent is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 205 anagrams from letters in diligent (degiilnt).

Definitions for diligent

adjective

  1. constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything:
  2. done or pursued with persevering attention; painstaking:

Origin of diligent

1300-50; Middle English (Anglo-French) Latin dīligent- (stem of dīligēns), present participle of dīligere to choose, like, equivalent to dī- di-2 + -ligere (

Examples for diligent

“You just have to be diligent in figuring out what they really look like,” El said.

Certainly there are some Asians who have gleefully embraced the image of being the diligent worker bee.

The frog is a diligent songster, having a good voice but no ear.

Thus shall I be diligent to serve your Wisdoms in all humility.

Why not let the whole thing quietly fade away for want of a diligent investigation?

She was "diligent in business," but this did not preclude her being "fervent in spirit."

diligent enquiry there, in likely and unlikely places, proved fruitless.

Of what is know as Elizabethean literature he has been a diligent student.

But as open as they are, they are also businessmen who know their brand and are their best, most diligent marketers.

Ferris credits her books Louisiana Cookery (1954) and New Orleans Cuisine (1969) as exemplars of diligent reporting and research.

Word Value for diligent
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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