dint

dint  (dnt)

n.

1. Force or effort; power: succeeded by dint of hard work.

2. A dent.

tr.v. dint·ed, dint·ing, dints

1. To put a dent in.

2. To impress or drive in forcibly.

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[Middle English; see dent¹.]

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dint [dɪnt]

n

by dint of by means or use of by dint of hard work

2. Archaic a blow or a mark made by a blow

vb

(tr) to mark with dints

n & vb

a variant of dent¹

[Old English dynt; related to Old Norse dyttr blow]

dintless  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dint - interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of' means, way, agency - how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"

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dint

by dint of by means of, using, due to, as a result of, by virtue of, on the strength of, on account of, as a consequence of, by force of He succeeded by dint of sheer hard work.

Translations

dint¹ [dɪnt] N by dint of → a fuerza de

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dint [ˈdɪnt] n
by dint of sth → à force de qch
by dint of doing sth → à force de faire qch

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dint

n

by dint of → durch, kraft (+gen); we succeeded by dint of working 24 hours a day → wir schafften es, indem wir 24 Stunden pro Tag arbeiteten

= dent

vt = dent

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dint [dɪnt] n by dint of (doing) sth → a forza di (fare) qc

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dint [dɪnt] n by dint of (doing) sth → a forza di (fare) qc

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dint

n dint [dint]

a hollow made by a blow; a dent. duik بَعْجَه، إنْبِعاج удар důlek bule; mærke die Beule βαθούλωμα abolladura mõlk فرورفتگی؛ قرشدگی painauma bosse שֶׁקָע गड्ढा, निशान ulupina, uleknina horpadás penyok dæld ammaccatura くぼみ 움푹 들어간 곳, 일격 įlenkimas iedobums; iespiedums kemik deuk bulk, bule, merke wgięcie mossa adâncitură выбоина jamka buška udubljenje märke, avtryck รอยบุ๋ม çöküntü, çentik 凹痕 відбиток, слід від удару چوٹ لگنے سے پڑنے والا گڈھا vết đòn 凹痕

by dint of

by means of He succeeded by dint of sheer hard work. by krag van بِفَضْلِ جُهودِهِ посредством pomocí, díky ved hjælp af mittels χάρη σε a fuerza de (millegi) varal از طریق voimalla à force de בְּאֶמצָעוּת प्रयत्न zahvaljujući, zbog vmi segítségével dengan sarana vegna a forza di ～によって (~의) 힘으로 dėka ar kaut kā palīdzību dengan cara door middel van ved (hjelp av) dzięki, drogą à força de datorită посредством pomocou s pomočjo pomoću med hjälp av, genom เนื่องจาก sayesinde 憑藉，由於 за допомогою کے ذریعے bằng cách 凭借，由于