Dint can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| dint - To dent. | ||
Noun |
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| dint - interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of' |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | noun | By dint of long practice he became most skillful. | |
| 2. | noun | By dint of hard work he succeeded at last. | |
| 3. | noun | He gained the prize by dint of hard work. | |
| 4. | noun | He succeeded by dint of effort. | |
| 5. | noun | By dint of pushing the words back to the beginning of the sentence, there only remained the two of them at the end: Mary, Tom. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| By dint of long practice he became most skillful. | |
| By dint of hard work he succeeded at last. | |
| He gained the prize by dint of hard work. | |
| He succeeded by dint of effort. | |
| By dint of pushing the words back to the beginning of the sentence, there only remained the two of them at the end: Mary, Tom. | |