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Industry

Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.

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Assiduity 76% connected

Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.

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Aviation 76% connected

The art or science of flying.

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Concentration 76% connected

The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

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Market 76% connected

A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and…

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Production 76% connected

The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.

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Sedulity 76% connected

The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduous application; constant attention; unremitting industry; sedulousness.

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Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Determination 76% connected

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

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Purpose 76% connected

That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure…

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Industrious 74% connected

Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly impl…

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Industrious 74% connected

Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly impl…

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Synonym 2

Diligence 92% connected

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

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Manufacture 92% connected

The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

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