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dint

(dĭnt)

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.

[Middle English; see dent¹.]

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dint

(dɪnt)

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

(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]

dint

Past participle: dinted
Gerund: dinting

Imperative
dint
dint

Present
I dint
you dint
he/she/it dints
we dint
you dint
they dint

Preterite
I dinted
you dinted
he/she/it dinted
we dinted
you dinted
they dinted

Present Continuous
I am dinting
you are dinting
he/she/it is dinting
we are dinting
you are dinting
they are dinting

Present Perfect
I have dinted
you have dinted
he/she/it has dinted
we have dinted
you have dinted
they have dinted

Past Continuous
I was dinting
you were dinting
he/she/it was dinting
we were dinting
you were dinting
they were dinting

Past Perfect
I had dinted
you had dinted
he/she/it had dinted
we had dinted
you had dinted
they had dinted

Future
I will dint
you will dint
he/she/it will dint
we will dint
you will dint
they will dint

Future Perfect
I will have dinted
you will have dinted
he/she/it will have dinted
we will have dinted
you will have dinted
they will have dinted

Future Continuous
I will be dinting
you will be dinting
he/she/it will be dinting
we will be dinting
you will be dinting
they will be dinting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dinting
you have been dinting
he/she/it has been dinting
we have been dinting
you have been dinting
they have been dinting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dinting
you will have been dinting
he/she/it will have been dinting
we will have been dinting
you will have been dinting
they will have been dinting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dinting
you had been dinting
he/she/it had been dinting
we had been dinting
you had been dinting
they had been dinting

Conditional
I would dint
you would dint
he/she/it would dint
we would dint
you would dint
they would dint

Past Conditional
I would have dinted
you would have dinted
he/she/it would have dinted
we would have dinted
you would have dinted
they would have dinted

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Noun

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"

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 di ammaccatura

dėka

iedobumsiespiedums

çentik çöküntü

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

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

dint

(dint) noun

a hollow made by a blow; a dent.

by dint of

by means of. He succeeded by dint of sheer hard work.

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