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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.
[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
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Noun | 1. | dint - interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of' |
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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
dæld
dėka
iedobumsiespiedums
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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
(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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