Diligence
noun
The quality of working carefully and with a lot of effort.
Her diligence in studying has made her the top student of the class.
Often appears as...
- due diligence
- diligence in studying
noun
A thorough investigation, especially before making a business decision.
The company failed to do their due diligence before investing in the startup.
Often appears as...
- due diligence
- conduct diligence
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Formal
Technical
noun
A public stagecoach or long-distance ride.
They traveled to London in a diligence hired from the local inn.
noun
The quality of working carefully and with a lot of effort.
Her diligence in studying has made her the top student of the class.
Often appears as...
- due diligence
- diligence in studying
noun
A thorough investigation, especially before making a business decision.
The company failed to do their due diligence before investing in the startup.
Often appears as...
- due diligence
- conduct diligence
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A public stagecoach or long-distance ride.
They traveled to London in a diligence hired from the local inn.
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Diligence carries a positive meaning, signifying commendable dedication or effort.
His diligence earned him a commendation from his boss.
Pro Tip 2/3More Than Hard Work
It's not just working hard; it's also about being thorough and careful.
Her diligence ensured that there were no errors in the report.
Pro Tip 3/3Achievement-Oriented
Use diligence to describe efforts aimed at achieving specific goals.
Diligence in his studies led him to the top of his class.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Diligence carries a positive meaning, signifying commendable dedication or effort.
His diligence earned him a commendation from his boss.
Pro Tip 2/3More Than Hard Work
It's not just working hard; it's also about being thorough and careful.
Her diligence ensured that there were no errors in the report.
Pro Tip 3/3Achievement-Oriented
Use diligence to describe efforts aimed at achieving specific goals.
Diligence in his studies led him to the top of his class.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Diligence carries a positive meaning, signifying commendable dedication or effort.
His diligence earned him a commendation from his boss.
Pro Tip 2/3More Than Hard Work
It's not just working hard; it's also about being thorough and careful.
Her diligence ensured that there were no errors in the report.
Pro Tip 3/3Achievement-Oriented
Use diligence to describe efforts aimed at achieving specific goals.
Diligence in his studies led him to the top of his class.
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SpaceX's Supersized...
Is there life on Mars? But we also have to do due diligence to make sure that that landing site is safe for the humans to come and live and work. So once we get all that robotic precursor work done, then the humans can arrive. And this is when we start building up a base and moving towards a civilization on Mars.
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Success, failure and the...
And if you should someday, somehow get vaulted out of your home by either great failure or great success, then your job is to fight your way back to that home the only way that it has ever been done, by putting your head down and performing with diligence and devotion and respect and reverence
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The Tween Brain PIPE Brain...
the possibility right which is a really important part of learning about the world you got to consider the possibilities fascinating surprising right what we think of as preteens being self-centered might actually be your early adolescent brain doing its due diligence making decisions
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How Great Leaders...
side by side with the financial due diligence. But what's important is, as we're building companies today, let's have a broader mindset. Let's have a higher level of intentionality. And no one, I think, most people -- obviously, there's some exceptions --
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Noy Thrupkaew: Human...
I also haven't done my journalistic due diligence on this. I haven't issued my mountains of document requests, and interviewed everyone and their mother, and I haven't found my auntie yet. I don't know her story of what happened, and of her life now.
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Advice to young...
medicine and on then into the social sciences where it is possible in short time to acquire the status of us and authority when the subject is still very thinly populated you can with diligence and hard work become the world authority the
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A quest to find my...
apparently without conducting much in the way of due diligence unfortunately not everybody has been supportive about my family's quest to obtain the stolen art some German newspapers have reported that we were in it only for the money
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E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
And on then into the social sciences, where it is possible in short time to acquire the status of an authority. When the subject is still very thinly populated, you can with diligence and hard work become the world authority.
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How to turn off work...
and it was destroying my personal life, too. So I read every study I could find, and I went to war against my ruminations. Now, habit change is hard. It took real diligence to catch myself ruminating each time,
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Fun, Fierce and...
or to race camels or even just to dance, to honor fun, because my world is mostly happy. And I know happiness is a privilege in this current splintered world where remaining hopeful requires diligence.
Video examples
SpaceX's Supersized...
Is there life on Mars? But we also have to do due diligence to make sure that that landing site is safe for the humans to come and live and work. So once we get all that robotic precursor work done, then the humans can arrive. And this is when we start building up a base and moving towards a civilization on Mars.
Video examples
Success, failure and the...
And if you should someday, somehow get vaulted out of your home by either great failure or great success, then your job is to fight your way back to that home the only way that it has ever been done, by putting your head down and performing with diligence and devotion and respect and reverence
Video examples
The Tween Brain PIPE Brain...
the possibility right which is a really important part of learning about the world you got to consider the possibilities fascinating surprising right what we think of as preteens being self-centered might actually be your early adolescent brain doing its due diligence making decisions
Video examples
How Great Leaders...
side by side with the financial due diligence. But what's important is, as we're building companies today, let's have a broader mindset. Let's have a higher level of intentionality. And no one, I think, most people -- obviously, there's some exceptions --
Video examples
Noy Thrupkaew: Human...
I also haven't done my journalistic due diligence on this. I haven't issued my mountains of document requests, and interviewed everyone and their mother, and I haven't found my auntie yet. I don't know her story of what happened, and of her life now.
Video examples
Advice to young...
medicine and on then into the social sciences where it is possible in short time to acquire the status of us and authority when the subject is still very thinly populated you can with diligence and hard work become the world authority the
Video examples
A quest to find my...
apparently without conducting much in the way of due diligence unfortunately not everybody has been supportive about my family's quest to obtain the stolen art some German newspapers have reported that we were in it only for the money
Video examples
E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
And on then into the social sciences, where it is possible in short time to acquire the status of an authority. When the subject is still very thinly populated, you can with diligence and hard work become the world authority.
Video examples
How to turn off work...
and it was destroying my personal life, too. So I read every study I could find, and I went to war against my ruminations. Now, habit change is hard. It took real diligence to catch myself ruminating each time,
Video examples
Fun, Fierce and...
or to race camels or even just to dance, to honor fun, because my world is mostly happy. And I know happiness is a privilege in this current splintered world where remaining hopeful requires diligence.
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Quote examples
Xi Jinping
Chinese Politician
During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.
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Tulsi Gabbard
American Politician
What I'm saying is it is our responsibility to exercise due diligence, to ask the tough questions, to get the evidence before we make those very costly decisions about how and when and where our military is used.
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David A. Bednar
American Clergyman
Conversion is an enlarging, a deepening, and a broadening of the undergirding base of testimony. It is the result of revelation from God, accompanied by individual repentance, obedience, and diligence.
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Bob Menendez
American Politician
I am still doing my due diligence. A vote on a Supreme Court nominee is a lifetime appointment and when the court decides, it is the law of the land.
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Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Building our homes as fortresses of righteousness for protection from the world takes constant labor and diligence.
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Chanda Kochhar
Indian Businesswoman
I believe in fate, but I also believe that hard work and diligence plays a very important role in our lives.
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John Donne
British Poet
I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
British Actor
With any character I do, I do my due diligence with research.
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Xi Jinping
Chinese Politician
During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
Quote examples
Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.
Quote examples
Tulsi Gabbard
American Politician
What I'm saying is it is our responsibility to exercise due diligence, to ask the tough questions, to get the evidence before we make those very costly decisions about how and when and where our military is used.
Quote examples
David A. Bednar
American Clergyman
Conversion is an enlarging, a deepening, and a broadening of the undergirding base of testimony. It is the result of revelation from God, accompanied by individual repentance, obedience, and diligence.
Quote examples
Bob Menendez
American Politician
I am still doing my due diligence. A vote on a Supreme Court nominee is a lifetime appointment and when the court decides, it is the law of the land.
Quote examples
Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
Quote examples
Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Building our homes as fortresses of righteousness for protection from the world takes constant labor and diligence.
Quote examples
Chanda Kochhar
Indian Businesswoman
I believe in fate, but I also believe that hard work and diligence plays a very important role in our lives.
Quote examples
John Donne
British Poet
I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.
Quote examples
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
British Actor
With any character I do, I do my due diligence with research.
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