dint
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8.2
- noun
- /dɪnt/
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- He achieved his goals by dint of determination and hard work.
Or by dint of doing nothing, it solves itself.
- Or by dint of doing nothing, it solves itself.
- There's a whole other way of looking at this that you're soon to discover by dint of our friend Simon.
- It doesn't matter what kind of person that son is or what he does, the son is golden by dint of his gender.
- They, you know, an unscrupulous person has the power by dint of their lack of scruple to, to do a huge amount of damage.
- In fact, by dint of them being a truth teller, they also run the risk of becoming the scapegoat really fast.
- And I was able to go from those, you know, dark places by dint of inflection points that were motivated by pain.
- It was I had to like by dint of will create this part for me because I have never truly been cast in anything.
Examples
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Under Internal Revenue Service regulations, for example, houses of worship are granted tax-exempt status by mere dint of their existence.
Academic text (2009) -
We would succeed by dint of our work and our sweat.
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In any event, people would view you in a different light by dint of your association with me.
Fiction book (2001) -
But she, by dint of birth, won the game.
Fiction book (1996) -
We must be able to demonstrate that those things are unique to us by dint of our training.
Academic text (1994) -
Neither should seek to lord it over the other or to claim superiority by dint of size, population, or past performance.
Academic text (1991) -
Here, by dint of much exertion, she earned a precarious living until the war broke out.
Fiction book (1998) -
Heidi followed them down, bonded to them by dint of their mutual enemy.
Fiction book (2001) -
Agreement would be reached not by dint of propaganda or emotional persuasion but through the rational consideration of facts.
Academic text (1992) -
Here, American Jews live in the best of all possible worlds, overcoming bias while achieving distinction by dint of hard work and the blessings of American liberty.
Academic text (2011)
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dint originally meant a 'blow' or strong strike, so the old phrase by dint of meant 'by force of' something. That's why today by dint of is used to say 'by means of' or 'as a result of' someone's effort.