English-Thai Dictionary

diligence

N ความพากเพียร  ความ ขยัน  ความอุตสาหะ  aasiduity exertion laziness vacillation kwam-pak-pian

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DILIGENCE

n.[L., to love earnestly; to choose. ] 1. Steady application in business of any kind; constant effort to accomplish what is undertaken; exertion of body or mind without unnecessary delay or sloth; due attention; industry; assiduity.
Diligence is the philosophers stone that turns every thing to gold.
Brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure. 2 Peter 1:1 .
2. Care; heed; heedfulness.
Keep thy heart with all diligence. Proverbs 4:23.
3. The name of a stage-coach, used in France.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DILIGENCE

Dil "i *gence, n. Etym: [F. diligence, L. diligentia.]

 

1. The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.

 

2. Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service. That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in; and the best of me is diligence. Shak.

 

3. (Scots Law )

 

Defn: Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings. To do one's diligence, give diligence, use diligence, to exert one's self; to make interested and earnest endeavor. And each of them doth all his diligence To do unto the festé reverence. Chaucer.

 

Syn. -- Attention; industry; assiduity; sedulousness; earnestness; constancy; heed; heedfulness; care; caution. -- Diligence, Industry. Industry has the wider sense of the two, implying an habitual devotion to labor for some valuable end, as knowledge, property, etc. Diligence denotes earnest application to some specific object or pursuit, which more or less directly has a strong hold on one's interests or feelings. A man may be diligent for a time, or in seeking some favorite end, without meriting the title of industrious. Such was the case with Fox, while Burke was eminent not only for diligence, but industry; he was always at work, and always looking out for some new field of mental effort. The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to. Shak. Diligence and accuracy are the only merits which an historical writer ascribe to himself. Gibbon.

 

DILIGENCE

Di `li *gence ", n. Etym: [F.]

 

Defn: A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

diligence

dil i gence 1 |ˈdiləjəns ˈdɪləʤəns | ▶noun careful and persistent work or effort. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘close attention, caution ’): via Old French from Latin diligentia, from diligent- ‘assiduous ’ (see diligent ).

 

diligence

dil i gence 2 |ˈdɪləʤəns ˈdiləjəns | ▶noun historical a public stagecoach. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from French, shortened from carrosse de diligence ‘coach of speed. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

diligence

diligence 1 |ˈdɪlɪdʒ (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] careful and persistent work or effort. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘close attention, caution ’): via Old French from Latin diligentia, from diligent- ‘assiduous ’ (see diligent ).

 

diligence

diligence 2 |ˈdɪlɪdʒ (ə )ns | ▶noun historical a public stagecoach. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from French, shortened from carrosse de diligence ‘coach of speed ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

diligence

diligence noun they set about their tasks with diligence: conscientiousness, assiduousness, assiduity, hard work, application, concentration, effort, care, industriousness, rigor, meticulousness, thoroughness; perseverance, persistence, tenacity, dedication, commitment, tirelessness, indefatigability, doggedness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

diligence

diligence noun they set about their assigned jobs with diligence: conscientiousness, assiduousness, assiduity, industriousness, rigour, rigorousness, punctiliousness, meticulousness, carefulness, thoroughness, sedulousness, attentiveness, heedfulness, earnestness, intentness, studiousness; constancy, perseverance, persistence, tenacity, pertinacity, zeal, zealousness, dedication, commitment; tirelessness, indefatigability, doggedness; industry, hard work, application, effort, concentration, care, attention; archaic laboriousness, continuance; rare perseveration. ANTONYMS laziness; carelessness.

 

Duden Dictionary

Diligence

Di li gence Substantiv, feminin Geschichte , die |diliˈʒãːs |die Diligence; Genitiv: der Diligence, Plural: die Diligencen |[…sn̩ ] |lateinisch-französisch [Eil ]postkutsche

 

French Dictionary

diligence

diligence n. f. nom féminin 1 littéraire Empressement. : Agissez avec diligence, il faut arriver avant 18 heures. SYNONYME célérité . 2 Voiture à chevaux. : Les cowboys ont attaqué la diligence. LOCUTION Faire diligence. Se hâter, faire vite. SYNONYME dépêcher . Note Orthographique dilig en ce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

diligence

dil i gence 1 /dɪ́lɪdʒ (ə )ns /名詞 U 1 勤勉 (さ ), 【仕事などでの 】精励 «in » .2 (当然払うべき )注意 .

 

diligence

dil i gence 2 /dɪ́lɪdʒɑ̀ːns, -dʒəns /〖＜フランス 〗名詞 C 乗合馬車 .