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单词 dint
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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.

Origin of dint

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

SYNONYMS FOR dint

1 effort, strain, exertion, struggle.
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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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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with dint

dint

see by dint of.

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