stint
A period of time spent doing or being somethingA period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
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» Tom turned his life around after a stint in rehab.
Том резко изменил свою жизнь после пребывания в реабилитационном центре. — kukla
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Examples
6 sentencesTom turned his life around after a stint in rehab.
ruТом резко изменил свою жизнь после пребывания в реабилитационном центре. — kukla
I met her during my stint there.
The lamp gave its ordinary stinted light.
Meaning
5 sensesA period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
He had a stint in jail.
бы́тностьbýtnostʹ
an unbroken period of time during which you do something
Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
Strandläufer
песочникpesočnik
Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
More meanings 2
Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
Origin
From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (atteFrom Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).
Origin unknown.
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Forms
plural: stintsSynonyms
3 synonyms- an unbroken period of time during which you do something:stretch
- smallest American sandpiper:least sandpiperErolia minutilla
Word family
5 related wordsSee also
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