diligence

Other forms of diligence

plural

diligences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about diligence

What does diligence mean?

diligence means "conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in diligence?

diligence has 3 syllables: dil-i-gence. The stress falls on "dil". In IPA it is /ˈdɪlədʒəns/.

What is another word for diligence?

Close synonyms include industriousness, industry, application. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is diligence a common word?

diligence is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.