Meaning and example
conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
The passage used "diligence" to mean conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 2.127 places diligence in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 98.8% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 98.8%
the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
- Known by
- 98.8%
(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful
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- 98.8%
capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
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- 98.8%
provoke the hostility of
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- 98.9%
someone who offers opposition
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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