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assiduous

[ uh-sij-oo-uhs ]

adjective

  1. constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; meticulous:

    an assiduous student.

    Synonyms: sedulous, diligent, studious

    Antonyms: lazy, inconstant

  2. assiduous reading.

    Synonyms: persistent, tireless, continuous

    Antonyms: lazy, inconstant



assiduous

/ əˈsɪdjʊəs /

adjective

  1. hard-working; persevering

    an assiduous researcher

  2. undertaken with perseverance and care

    assiduous editing

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • asˈsiduousness, noun
  • asˈsiduously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • as·sid·u·ous·ly adverb
  • as·sid·u·ous·ness noun
  • un·as·sid·u·ous adjective
  • un·as·sid·u·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of assiduous1

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin assiduus, equivalent to assid(ēre) “to sit near or beside, dwell close to” ( assess ) + -uus adjective suffix; -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of assiduous1

C16: from Latin assiduus sitting down to (something), from assidēre to sit beside, from sedēre to sit
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Example Sentences

Yang also ran up the score in conservative Jewish precincts of Brooklyn, after an assiduous effort to win Orthodox votes.

Any life, despite the most assiduous biographer’s investigations, remains somewhat of a mystery.

There has been assiduous woo-ing of the political establishment too.

Webb was never wild about some of the nitty-gritty aspects of elected office and was not a very assiduous fundraiser.

As an intern at The Nation in 1989, he was an amiable and assiduous fact-checker of my copy.

But despite her allure, her assiduous assault on New York produced no results.

His assiduous reporting and his smart, passionate commentary have impressed colleagues and readers alike.

She soon gave birth to a daughter, her only child, whom she nurtured with the most assiduous care.

He was not seen again, at least in the flesh, but he became one of the most assiduous frequenters of De Quincey's visions.

Nobody is a greater slave than an assiduous courtier, unless it be a courtier who is more assiduous.

Only by an assiduous devotion to the contents of the daily newspapers in their reports of the doings of the socially elect.

She had been an assiduous student of the eighteenth century philosophers, and on the whole was a lady of considerable culture.

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