Dint
noun
The force or power of something.
She became a successful woman by dint of hard work and determination.
Often appears as...
- by dint of
- through dint of
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
noun
A dent or a hollow in a surface.
The car was in perfect condition, except for a small dint on the hood.
Often appears as...
- a dint in
- small dint
noun
The force or power of something.
She became a successful woman by dint of hard work and determination.
Often appears as...
- by dint of
- through dint of
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
noun
A dent or a hollow in a surface.
The car was in perfect condition, except for a small dint on the hood.
Often appears as...
- a dint in
- small dint
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Effort Implication
Implies determined effort or struggle to achieve something.
He passed the exam by dint of perseverance.
Pro Tip 2/3Success Attribution
Often used to attribute success to a specific cause or effort.
Her fame came via dint of relentless practice.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Expression
Tends to appear more in formal or literary contexts.
By dint of careful planning, the event was a triumph.
Pro Tip 1/3Effort Implication
Implies determined effort or struggle to achieve something.
He passed the exam by dint of perseverance.
Pro Tip 2/3Success Attribution
Often used to attribute success to a specific cause or effort.
Her fame came via dint of relentless practice.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Expression
Tends to appear more in formal or literary contexts.
By dint of careful planning, the event was a triumph.
Pro Tip 1/3Effort Implication
Implies determined effort or struggle to achieve something.
He passed the exam by dint of perseverance.
Pro Tip 2/3Success Attribution
Often used to attribute success to a specific cause or effort.
Her fame came via dint of relentless practice.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Expression
Tends to appear more in formal or literary contexts.
By dint of careful planning, the event was a triumph.
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Employees must wash...
literally honey i dint ified the chili hundreds of problems that were causing this issue from simple things like the actual location of these hand sanitizer pump these think things you can see through to the actual practicality of how they work when you're in a high-pressure situation you quickly push down on one of these pumps the nozzle
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The Call of Everest PIPE...
just by dint of their work expose themselves so far more risk than the Western climbers that are going up there so as much as I been given something by being in the Himalayas it was my turn to give something back and collectively
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Employees must wash...
literally honey i dint ified the chili hundreds of problems that were causing this issue from simple things like the actual location of these hand sanitizer pump these think things you can see through to the actual practicality of how they work when you're in a high-pressure situation you quickly push down on one of these pumps the nozzle
Video examples
The Call of Everest PIPE...
just by dint of their work expose themselves so far more risk than the Western climbers that are going up there so as much as I been given something by being in the Himalayas it was my turn to give something back and collectively
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Yann Martel
Canadian Author
Music moves me - duh - and that is like having a window opening on a heightened reality, but the effect is fleeting: When the music ends, the magic, the uplifting, vanishes and the window slams shut. Words, on the other hand, by the nature of how they work, emotions evoked by dint of carefully laid out thoughts, have a more lingering effect.
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Kim Jong-un
North Korean Leader
The great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, putting forward the development of sports as a matter that has an important bearing on the prosperity of the country and nation, indicated the road ahead of the Juche-based sports and wrote a new chapter in the history of building a sports power by dint of outstanding ideas and leadership.
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Kim Jong-un
North Korean Leader
All the organizations and officials of Chongryon, regarding this unity as the great foundation of the movement of Koreans in Japan, should rally themselves around the central leadership with one mind and purpose, and accomplish its patriotic cause, which was pioneered with comradely unity, by dint of comradeship.
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Hannah Fry
English Mathematician
In every community, there are a number of 'social super-spreaders' among us. Long-suspected and emphatically confirmed by our data, these are people who - through dint of their job, or lifestyle, or perhaps even genetic makeup - would be more dangerous in the instance of a pandemic than the average person.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
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Ben Domenech
American Writer
There are consequences for just expressing generally conservative views. And if those views take on the more extreme dint, the judgment can be swift.
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Anna Pavlova
Russian Dancer
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.
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Dominic Cummings
British Public Servant
Changing the world in a profound and beneficial way is not enough to put a dint in bureaucracies which operate on their own dynamics.
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Brian Ferneyhough
British Composer
This was possible only by dint of extended periods of frequently quite painful reflection and digestion.
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Henri Rousseau
French Artist
I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.
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Yann Martel
Canadian Author
Music moves me - duh - and that is like having a window opening on a heightened reality, but the effect is fleeting: When the music ends, the magic, the uplifting, vanishes and the window slams shut. Words, on the other hand, by the nature of how they work, emotions evoked by dint of carefully laid out thoughts, have a more lingering effect.
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Kim Jong-un
North Korean Leader
The great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, putting forward the development of sports as a matter that has an important bearing on the prosperity of the country and nation, indicated the road ahead of the Juche-based sports and wrote a new chapter in the history of building a sports power by dint of outstanding ideas and leadership.
Quote examples
Kim Jong-un
North Korean Leader
All the organizations and officials of Chongryon, regarding this unity as the great foundation of the movement of Koreans in Japan, should rally themselves around the central leadership with one mind and purpose, and accomplish its patriotic cause, which was pioneered with comradely unity, by dint of comradeship.
Quote examples
Hannah Fry
English Mathematician
In every community, there are a number of 'social super-spreaders' among us. Long-suspected and emphatically confirmed by our data, these are people who - through dint of their job, or lifestyle, or perhaps even genetic makeup - would be more dangerous in the instance of a pandemic than the average person.
Quote examples
Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
Quote examples
Ben Domenech
American Writer
There are consequences for just expressing generally conservative views. And if those views take on the more extreme dint, the judgment can be swift.
Quote examples
Anna Pavlova
Russian Dancer
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.
Quote examples
Dominic Cummings
British Public Servant
Changing the world in a profound and beneficial way is not enough to put a dint in bureaucracies which operate on their own dynamics.
Quote examples
Brian Ferneyhough
British Composer
This was possible only by dint of extended periods of frequently quite painful reflection and digestion.
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Henri Rousseau
French Artist
I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.
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