dint

dint

 (dĭnt)

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

1. 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]

ˈdintless adj

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dint

(dɪnt)

n.

1. force; power: to succeed by dint of hard work.

2. a dent.

3. Archaic. a blow; stroke.

v.t.

4. to make a dent in.

5. to impress or drive in with force.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English dynt; c. Old Norse dyntr]

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dint

Past participle: dinted
Gerund: dinting

Imperative

dint

dint

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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.

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Translations

بَعْجَه، إنْبِعاج

důlek

bulemærke

Beule

bosse

dæld

a forza diammaccatura

dėka

iedobumsiespiedums

çentikçöküntü

凹痕

dint

¹ [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

(dint) noun

a hollow made by a blow; a dent. duik بَعْجَه، إنْبِعاج удар amassado důlek die Beule bule; mærke βαθούλωμαabolladura mõlk فرورفتگی؛ قرشدگی painauma bosseשקע गड्ढा, निशान ulupina, uleknina horpadás penyok dæld ammaccatura くぼみ 움푹 들어간 곳, 일격 įlenkimas iedobums; iespiedums kemik deukbulk, bule, merke wgięcie ګوزار، ضربت، غښتلوالى، قوت 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 à força de pomocí, díky mittels ved hjælp af χάρη σεa fuerza de (millegi) varal از طریق voimalla à force deבאמצעות 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 vanveddzięki, drogą له لارى 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

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