industrious
part of speech
adjective (industrious, more industrious, most industrious)
meaning for a pupil
Hard-working; always busy and putting in steady effort. tree →
sense in the lessons
A praising word for people and animals: ants, bees and beavers are called industrious. In school reports, «industrious» praises a pupil who works steadily. In stories it contrasts with lazy characters, like the busy Mole spring-cleaning versus idle Toad. Note: «industrial» (about factories) is a different word.
examples
- Ants are industrious little creatures. tree →
- Our teacher wrote that I am an industrious pupil. tree →
- The industrious beavers built a dam across the stream. tree →
- Mole was industrious, spring-cleaning his little home. tree →
- The industrious baker was up at four every morning. tree →
- The fable of the ant and the grasshopper praises the industrious ant. tree →
- And she was industrious and thoughtful. tree →
note
Adjective from «industry» in its old meaning of hard work. Adverb: industriously; noun: industriousness. Trap: «industrial» means to do with factories and industry; «industrious» means hard-working.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «industrious» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.