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din

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[din]

noun

  1. a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.

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verb (used with object)

dinned, dinning 
  1. to assail with din.

  2. to sound or utter with clamor or persistent repetition.

verb (used without object)

dinned, dinning 
  1. to make a din.

din

2
Also deen

[din, deen]

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. religion, especially the religious observances of a Muslim.

DIN

3

abbreviation

Photography.
  1. a designation, originating in Germany, of the speed of a particular film emulsion.

Din.

4

abbreviation

  1. (in Serbia and Macedonia) dinar; dinars.

din

1

/ »åɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. a loud discordant confused noise

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verb

  1. to instil (into a person) by constant repetition

  2. (tr) to subject to a din

  3. (intr) to make a din

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DIN

2

/ »åɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. a formerly used logarithmic expression of the speed of a photographic film, plate, etc, given as –10log 10 E, where E is the exposure of a point 0.1 density units above the fog level; high-speed films have high numbers Compare ISO rating

  2. a system of standard plugs, sockets, and cables formerly used for interconnecting domestic audio and video equipment

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din

3

/ »åɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. a particular religious law; the halacha about something

  2. the ruling of a Beth Din or religious court

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Din.

4

abbreviation

  1. dinar

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din

5

/ »å¾±Ë²Ô /

noun

  1. Islam religion in general, esp the beliefs and obligations of Islam

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of din1

First recorded before 900; Middle English din(e) (noun), Old English dyne, dynn; cognate with Old Norse dynr “noise,†Old High German tuni, Sanskrit dhuni “r´Ç²¹°ù¾±²Ô²µâ€

Origin of din2

From Arabic »åÄ«²Ô “religion,†from Persian »åŧ²Ô

Origin of din3

First recorded in 1930–35; from German D(eutsche) I(ndustrie) N(ormen) “German industrial standards†(later construed as Das ist Norm “that is (the) standardâ€), registered mark of the German Institute for Standardization
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of din1

Old English dynn; compare Old Norse dynr, Old High German tuni

Origin of din2

C20: from German D ( eutsche ) I ( ndustrie ) N ( orm ) German Industry Standard

Origin of din3

from Hebrew, literally: judgment

Origin of din4

Arabic, related to dain debt
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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

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Most weekdays the foot traffic and the din of business are constant in Grand Central Market, a food hall and staple of downtown’s historic core since 1917.

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And until they abandon this fight, the din is likely to drown out everything else in American politics.

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That hands the loudest and largest megaphones to CEOs and their PR flacks and leaves actual citizens with laryngitis from straining to be heard above the profit-making din.

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The air thrums with the din of destruction — giant excavators clanking against steel beams, trucks bleating out warning signals as they back into position, green organic material whooshing out of hoses onto finished sites.

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As students flooded from classrooms, a strange, new sound filled the long hallway: the din of hundreds of students talking.

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