dint
Especially in by dint of: force, powerEspecially in by dint of: force, power.
» He succeeded by dint of effort.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)Especially in by dint of: force, power.
(countable, uncountable)The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
- interchangeable with ‘means’ in the expression ‘by means of’
Examples
5 sentencesHe succeeded by dint of effort.
By dint of long practice he became most skillful.
By dint of hard work he succeeded at last.
He gained the prize by dint of hard work.
deEr bekam den Preis durch seine harte Arbeit. — xtofu80
At last, by dint of cunning intrigues, he succeeded, one day, in finding himself in the presence of Marie Antoinette.
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Origin
From Middle English dint, dent, dünt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke,From Middle English dint, dent, dünt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe; the mark left by a blow; the sound or noise made by a blow, thud”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to strike, hit”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt, Icelandic dyntr (“a dint”). Doublet of dent.
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Forms
plural: dintsWord family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable