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hard-working [adjective]

Always doing a lot of work

US

/ˌhɑːrdˈwɝː.kɪŋ/

UK

/ˌhɑːdˈwɜː.kɪŋ/

سخت کوش

Example:

My father is a hardworking person.

پدر من شخص زحمت کشی است.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

hard-working

ˌhard-ˈworking BrE AmE adjective
working with a lot of effort SYN industrious:
a hard-working teacher

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hard-working

ˌhard-ˈworking [hard-working] adjective
putting a lot of effort into a job and doing it well
• hard-working nurses
Example Bank:

• I want to stand up for all the decent, hard-working families in this country.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

ˌ hard- ˈ working / ˌhɑːdˈwɜː.kɪŋ / / ˌhɑːrdˈwɝː- / adjective

B2 always doing a lot of work:

She was always very hard-working at school.

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

hard-working

also hardworking

If you describe someone as hard-working, you mean that they work very hard.
He was hardworking and energetic.

ADJ

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hardworking

hard·work·ing /ˈhɑɚdˈwɚkɪŋ/ adj [more ~; most ~] : using a lot of time and energy to do work : industrious
• a hardworking young woman [=a young woman who works hard]

American English

British English

busy and active

B2 (Upper-intermediate)

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