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English

Noun

great|Great and persistent toil or effort.

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Assiduity \As`si*du"i*ty\, n.; pl. Assiduities. [L.
assiduitas: cf. F. assiduite. See Assiduous.]
1. Constant or close application or attention, particularly
to some business or enterprise; diligence.
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I have, with much pains and assiduity, qualified
myself for a nomenclator. --Addison.
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2. Studied and persevering attention to a person; -- usually
in the plural.
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WordNet assiduity
n : great and constant diligence and attention [syn: assiduousness,
concentration]

Moby Dictionary
advertence , advertency , alertness , application , ardor ,
assiduousness , attention , attention span , attentiveness , awareness ,
bulldog tenacity , care , concentration , consciousness ,
consideration , constancy , diligence , dogged perseverance ,
doggedness , ear , earnestness , endurance , energeticalness , energy ,
engrossment , fervor , fidelity , heed , heedfulness , indefatigability ,
industriousness , industry , insistence , insistency , intentiveness ,
intentness , laboriousness , loyalty , mindfulness , note , notice ,
observance , observation , obstinacy , pains , painstaking ,
painstakingness , patience , patience of Job , permanence ,
perseverance , persistence , persistency , pertinaciousness ,
pertinacity , plodding , plugging , preoccupation , regard ,
regardfulness , relentlessness , remark , resolution , respect ,
sedulity , sedulousness , single-mindedness , singleness of purpose ,
slogging , stability , stamina , staying power , steadfastness ,
steadiness , stick-to-itiveness , strenuousness , stubbornness ,
tenaciousness , tenacity , thoroughgoingness , thoroughness , thought ,
tirelessness , unremittingness , unsparingness , unswerving attention ,
vehemence , zealousness