Meaning

1 senses
  1. Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.

    fleißig, geflissen, gewissenhaft

    стара́тельныйstarátelʹnyj, приле́жныйpriléžnyj, усе́рдныйusérdnyj

    працьовитийpracʹovytyj

More definitions
  • marked by care and persistent effort

Examples

1 sentences
  1. He is assiduous in reading as many Russian books as possible.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
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Origin

A learned borrowing from Latin assiduus, from assidere (“to sit down to”), from ad- (“to”)

A learned borrowing from Latin assiduus, from assidere (“to sit down to”), from ad- (“to”) + sedere (“to sit”). Compare sedulous.

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Forms

more assiduous, most assiduous
Comparativemore assiduous Lesson
Superlativemost assiduous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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