conscientious
part of speech
adjective (conscientious; more conscientious, most conscientious); adverb conscientiously; noun conscientiousness
meaning for a pupil
1) Careful to do your work well and thoroughly, because you want to do the right thing. tree →
2) Guided by what you believe is right and wrong, as in a «conscientious objector», a person who refuses to fight in a war because they believe it is wrong. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school reports a «conscientious pupil» is one who checks their work, hands in homework on time and tries hard; it is high praise. In stories it tells the reader a character is reliable and dutiful. In history lessons «conscientious objector» comes up in the World Wars. Phrases: «a conscientious worker», «conscientious about (something)».
examples
- Maya is a conscientious pupil who always checks her sums twice. tree →
- The teacher wrote «conscientious and hard-working» on my report. tree →
- Be conscientious about washing your hands before you cook. tree →
- He was a conscientious objector and refused to carry a gun in the war. tree →
- A conscientious dog owner always picks up after the dog. tree →
- Our conscientious librarian puts every book back in the right place. tree →
- She conscientiously recorded the temperature every hour for her science project. tree →
note
Adjective, used before a noun or after «be». Spelling trap: «consci-» like «conscience», then «-entious»; say «con-shee-EN-shus». Do not confuse with «conscious» (awake and aware) or «conscience» (the inner sense of right and wrong).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «conscientious» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.