🇬🇧 Diligence meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Diligence means sticking with a job and working carefully on it, even when it’s boring, slow, or a bit hard, until you finally finish and do it well.

Lila used such diligence cleaning her room that she even dusted the dust bunnies and gave them names.

Timmy did his homework with such diligence that even his pencil asked for a break.

The robot used diligence to follow every instruction, including the one where my little sister wrote, “Do my homework and bring me snacks.”

Using great diligence, Lucy practiced the piano until even the neighbors could hum her songs in their sleep.

I chased the ice cream truck with such diligence that the driver gave me a free cone just for effort.

She repairs a torn kite with steady diligence. Children watch; parents note her diligence; each small stitch shows diligence, each careful knot shows care. Her hands work slow, guided by patience and diligence. The kite lifts, bright against blue. Neighbors clap. She smiles, tired but proud, the kite's flight proof of her steady diligence.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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