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# conscientious

adjective (conscientious; more conscientious, most conscientious); adverb conscientiously; noun conscientiousness

«conscientious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Careful to do your work well and thoroughly, because you want to do the right thing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscientious/#m1)
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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscientious/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscientious/#x1)
- The teacher wrote «conscientious and hard-working» on my report. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscientious/#x2)
- Be conscientious about washing your hands before you cook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscientious/#x3)
- He was a conscientious objector and refused to carry a gun in the war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscientious/#x4)
- A conscientious dog owner always picks up after the dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscientious/#x5)
- Our conscientious librarian puts every book back in the right place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscientious/#x6)
- She conscientiously recorded the temperature every hour for her science project. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscientious/#x7)

### 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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «conscientious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscientious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«conscientious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conscientious.html) on Mova free.