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noun
1.
force; power: By dint of hard work she became head of the company.
2.
a dent.
3.
Archaic. a blow; stroke.
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Dint
is one of our favorite verbs.
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| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English dynt; cognate with Old Norse dyntr
before 900; Middle English; Old English dynt; cognate with Old Norse dyntr
Related forms
dint·less, adjective
Synonyms
1. effort, strain, exertion, struggle.
1. effort, strain, exertion, struggle.
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Example Sentences
- They also say she has improved as a politician by dint of the scrutiny she has endured over the last year.
- There are examples of design that come to mean much to us by dint of being intelligent, elegant and appropriate.
- It was no mean trick, and he accomplished it by dint of his mastery of his craft.
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World English Dictionary
| 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 | |
| 3. | (tr) to mark with dints |
| —n, —vb | |
| 4. | a variant of dent |
| [Old English dynt; related to Old Norse dyttr blow] | |
| 'dintless | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
dint
O.E. dynt "blow dealt in fighting" (especially by a sword), from P.Gmc. *duntiz. Phrase by dint of ... "by force of, by means of," is early 14c.
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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