dint
pronunciation
How to pronounce dint in British English:
UK [dɪnt]
How to pronounce dint in American English:
US [dɪnt]
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- Noun:
- interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by dint of'
Word Origin
- dint
- dint: [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 of, which to begin with denoted ‘by force of’. In the 13th century a variant form dent arose, which by the 16th century had moved on metaphorically to the sense ‘depression made by a blow’.
- dint (n.)
- Old English dynt "blow dealt in fighting" (especially by a sword), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (cognates: Old Norse dyntr "blow, kick"). Phrase by dint of ... "by force of, by means of," is early 14c.
Example
- 1. She succeeded by dint of sheer courage and determination .
- 2. Research topic options reflect ertain science appreciates dint and value .
- 3. He succeeded by dint of hard work .
- 4. And by dint of its 10 per cent growth rates , china alone contributes as much to the world 's economic growth every year as the us .
- 5. Financing institution to economic support in run by private capital dint a development for , since reflecting financing institution oneself process , is also an inevitable trend that future situation develop .