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# dint

«dint» in Mova's school dictionary: **a dent or hollow pressed into a hard surface by a blow** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dint, dints)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A dint is a dent or hollow pressed into a hard surface by a blow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dint/#m1)

2) (old use) «By dint of» means by means of, through the force or effect of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dint/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a family loses its ships by dint of pirates, shipwreck or fire; in lessons «by dint of» names the cause of a loss or a success

### examples

- By dint of hard work she passed the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dint/#x1)
- He lost his ships by dint of pirates and storms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dint/#x2)
- The shield had a dint from the sword. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dint/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.