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dint
dint D0233300 (dĭnt)n.1. Force or effort; power: succeeded by dint of hard work.2. A dent.tr.v. dint·ed, dint·ing, dints 1. To put a dent in.2. To impress or drive in forcibly.
[Middle English; see dent1.]dint (dɪnt) n1. by dint of by means or use of: by dint of hard work. 2. archaic a blow or a mark made by a blowvb (tr) to mark with dintsn, vb a variant of dent1[Old English dynt; related to Old Norse dyttr blow] ˈdintless adjdint (dɪnt)
n. 1. force; power: to succeed by dint of hard work. 2. a dent. 3. Archaic. a blow; stroke. v.t. 4. to make a dent in. 5. to impress or drive in with force. [before 900; Middle English; Old English dynt; c. Old Norse dyntr] dint
Past participle: dinted
Gerund: dinting
| Present |
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| I dint | | you dint | | he/she/it dints | | we dint | | you dint | | they dint |
| Preterite |
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| I dinted | | you dinted | | he/she/it dinted | | we dinted | | you dinted | | they dinted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am dinting | | you are dinting | | he/she/it is dinting | | we are dinting | | you are dinting | | they are dinting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have dinted | | you have dinted | | he/she/it has dinted | | we have dinted | | you have dinted | | they have dinted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was dinting | | you were dinting | | he/she/it was dinting | | we were dinting | | you were dinting | | they were dinting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had dinted | | you had dinted | | he/she/it had dinted | | we had dinted | | you had dinted | | they had dinted |
| Future |
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| I will dint | | you will dint | | he/she/it will dint | | we will dint | | you will dint | | they will dint |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have dinted | | you will have dinted | | he/she/it will have dinted | | we will have dinted | | you will have dinted | | they will have dinted |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be dinting | | you will be dinting | | he/she/it will be dinting | | we will be dinting | | you will be dinting | | they will be dinting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been dinting | | you have been dinting | | he/she/it has been dinting | | we have been dinting | | you have been dinting | | they have been dinting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been dinting | | you will have been dinting | | he/she/it will have been dinting | | we will have been dinting | | you will have been dinting | | they will have been dinting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been dinting | | you had been dinting | | he/she/it had been dinting | | we had been dinting | | you had been dinting | | they had been dinting |
| Conditional |
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| I would dint | | you would dint | | he/she/it would dint | | we would dint | | you would dint | | they would dint |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have dinted | | you would have dinted | | he/she/it would have dinted | | we would have dinted | | you would have dinted | | they would have dinted |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | dint - interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'means, way, agency - how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" |
dintby dint of by means of, using, due to, as a result of, by virtue of, on the strength of, on account of, as a consequence of, by force of He succeeded by dint of sheer hard work.Translationsdint (dint) noun a hollow made by a blow; a dent. 凹痕 凹痕by dint of by means of. He succeeded by dint of sheer hard work. 憑藉，由於 凭借，由于 dint
by dint of (something)Due to something. The largely-outdated word "dint" refers to force or effort. By dint of hard work, I was able to get an A in my math class this semester.See also: by, dint, ofby dint of somethingbecause of something; due to the efforts of something. (Dint is an old word meaning 'force,' and it is never used except in this phrase.) They got the building finished on time by dint of hard work and good organization. By dint of much studying, John got through college.See also: by, dint, ofby dint ofBy means of, as in By dint of hard work he got his degree in three years. The word dint, which survives only in this expression, originally meant "a stroke or blow," and by the late 1500s signified the force behind such a blow. The current term preserves the implication of vigorous or persistent means. See also: by, dint, ofby dint of something If something happens or is done by dint of something else, it happens or is done as a result of it. They got the address from her by dint of much persuasion. He succeeded by dint of sheer hard work.See also: by, dint, of, somethingby dint of by means of. Dint in the sense of ‘blow’ or ‘stroke’ is now archaic, and in the sense of ‘application of force’ survives only in this phrase.See also: by, dint, ofby dint of something/doing something (formal) as a result of (doing) something; through: By dint of sheer hard work, she managed to pass all her exams.See also: by, dint, of, somethingby dint ofBy means of. The meaning of dint, originally a stroke or blow, gradually changed to signify the force or power behind the stroke. Shakespeare so used it in Julius Caesar (3.2): “O! now you weep, and I perceive you feel the dint of pity.” Today “dint” survives only in the cliché, which is always followed by an explanatory object such as “hard work,” “convincing argument,” or some other forceful explanation.See also: by, dint, ofDINT
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| DINT➣Driver Interface | | DINT➣Device Initialization | | DINT➣De-Interlace | | DINT➣Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (est. 1989; Oregon) | | DINT➣Internal Dose |
dint
Related to dint: DNITSynonyms for dintphrase by dint ofSynonyms- by means of
- using
- due to
- as a result of
- by virtue of
- on the strength of
- on account of
- as a consequence of
- by force of
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