Usually means: Consistently careful and hardworking.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word diligent:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. diligent: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. diligent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diligent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. diligent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. diligent: Vocabulary.com
  6. Diligent, diligent: Wordnik
  7. diligent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. diligent: Wiktionary
  9. diligent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. diligent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Diligent, diligent: Dictionary.com
  12. diligent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Diligent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. diligent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. diligent: Rhymezone
  16. diligent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. diligent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. diligent: Free Dictionary
  19. diligent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. diligent: Dictionary/thesaurus
  21. diligent: Infoplease Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diligent: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diligent: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DILIGENT: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING

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adjective:  Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.

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