Meaning
1 sensesTo dent.
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.
Origin
From Middle English dinten, from the noun. Compare Old Norse dynta.From Middle English dinten, from the noun. Compare Old Norse dynta.
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Forms
dints, dinting, dinted, dintedWord family
1 related wordsDerivedundinted
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle