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11dint|less — «DIHNT lihs», adjective. without dints (dents); making no dints …
12dint — n. by dint of (by dint of hard work) * * * [dɪnt] by dint of (by dint of hard work) …
13dint — /dɪnt / (say dint) noun 1. a dent. 2. Obsolete a blow; stroke. –verb (t) 3. to make a dint or dints in. 4. to impress or drive in with force. –phrase 5. by dint of, by means of: by dint of argument. {Middle English; Old English dynt} –dintless,… …
14dint — [[t]dɪ̱nt[/t]] PHR PREP If you achieve a result by dint of something, you achieve it by means of that thing. [WRITTEN] He succeeds by dint of sheer hard work... He has acquired, by dint of threatening to resign, a directorate general with about… …
15dint — noun 1 by dint of by using a particular method: By dint of persistent questioning, I finally got to the truth. 2 a small hollow in the surface of something made by hitting it: a dint in the car door …
16dint — UK [dɪnt] / US noun [countable] Word forms dint : singular dint plural dints a dent in a surface • by dint of something …
17dint — dintless, adj. /dint/, n. 1. force; power: By dint of hard work she became head of the company. 2. a dent. 3. Archaic. a blow; stroke. v.t. 4. to make a dent or dents in. 5. to impress or drive in with force. [bef. 900; ME; OE dynt; c. ON dyntr]… …
18dint — [OE] Dint originally signified a ‘blow’ or ‘hit’, particularly one inflicted by a sword or similar weapon. Its meaning broadened out in the 14th century to ‘force of attack or impact’, and this is the source of the modern English phrase by dint… …
19dint — [OE] Dint originally signified a ‘blow’ or ‘hit’, particularly one inflicted by a sword or similar weapon. Its meaning broadened out in the 14th century to ‘force of attack or impact’, and this is the source of the modern English phrase by dint… …
20dint — See: BY DINT OF …