dint

[ dint ]

/ dɪnt /

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noun

force; power: By dint of hard work she became head of the company.

a dent.

Archaic. a blow; stroke.

verb (used with object)

to make a dent or dents in.

to impress or drive in with force.

OTHER WORDS FOR dint

1 effort, strain, exertion, struggle.

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Origin of dint

before 900; Middle English; Old English dynt; cognate with Old Norse dyntr

OTHER WORDS FROM dint

dintless, adjective

Words nearby dint

dinosaurian, Dinosaur National Monument, dinosaurs, dinothere, dinotherium, dint, dinucleotide, Dinwiddie, D'Inzeo, dioc., Dio Cassius

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How to use dint in a sentence

He was a dynamic shortstop who, by dint of his status of leading man for a team based in the media capital of the word—and that won four World Series in his first five seasons—resonated in the broader culture.
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Most importantly, human gender systems involve healthy doses of normativity—not only do women behave a certain way by dint of their cultural training, but we agree as a society that they should behave that way.
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Both state and federal rulings have imposed additional punishments on women by dint of the fact they were pregnant.
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Though he made it back to the top by dint of talent and hard work, he remained a deep-dyed cynic for the rest of his life.
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The mountains were theirs by right, by dint of deed and hefty mortgage.
The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her potential was recognized early on, and by dint of her performance and loyalty, she ‘came through’ for her former sponsors.
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In that battle for sovereign expression, by dint of diplomacy, organization and military acumen, the Zionists won handily.
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By dint of preaching and listening to preachers, his conversation gets a sermonising turn.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell
By dint of a little squeezing, it would be easy to make room for a dozen more statues.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell
I went to the window then, myself, and by dint of perseverance, prevailed upon them at last to let her see her husband.
Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot|William Gannaway Brownlow
By dint of repeating the mutual exercise of signs, we should be enabled to perfect the communication of our ideas.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
We carried him to the edge of the stream, and by dint of bathing his face, and forcing water into his mouth, he partly revived.
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British Dictionary definitions for dint

dint

/ (dɪnt) /

noun

by dint of by means or use ofby dint of hard work

archaic a blow or a mark made by a blow

verb

(tr) to mark with dints

noun, verb

a variant of dent 1

Derived forms of dint

dintless, adjective

Word Origin for dint

Old English dynt; related to Old Norse dyttr blow

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see by dint of.

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