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Definition of conscientious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, ... Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofconscientiousadjectivefromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary conscientiousadjective /ˌkɒnʃiˈenʃəs/ /ˌkɑːnʃiˈenʃəs/ jumptootherresults takingcaretodothingscarefullyandcorrectlyaconscientiousstudent/teacher/workerHewasthoroughandconscientious,ratherthanbrilliant.Shewasapopularandconscientiousteacher.TopicsPersonalqualitiesc1OxfordCollocationsDictionaryConscientiousisusedwiththesenouns:objectionSeefullentryWordOriginearly17thcent.:fromFrenchconsciencieux,frommedievalLatinconscientiosus,fromLatinconscientia,fromconscient-‘beingprivyto’,fromtheverbconscire,fromcon-‘with’+scire‘know’. Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp. SeeconscientiousintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeeconscientiousintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: conscientious Otherresults Allmatches conscientiousobjectornoun conscientiousobjectors Nearbywords consciencenoun conscience-strickenadjective conscientiousadjective conscientiouslyadverb conscientiousnessnoun toboggan noun     FromtheTopic Sports:othersports C2 OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay