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din

[din]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

verb (used with object)

dinned, dinning

to assail with din.
to sound or utter with clamor or persistent repetition.

verb (used without object)

dinned, dinning

to make a din.

din

Also deen

[din, deen]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(used with a plural verb)

religion, especially the religious observances of a Muslim.

DIN

abbreviation

Photography.

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

Din.

⁴

abbreviation

(in Serbia and Macedonia) dinar; dinars.

din

/ ��ɪ�� /

noun

a loud discordant confused noise

verb

to instil (into a person) by constant repetition
(tr) to subject to a din
(intr) to make a din

DIN

/ ��ɪ�� /

noun

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

din

/ ��ɪ�� /

noun

a particular religious law; the halacha about something
the ruling of a Beth Din or religious court

Din.

⁴

abbreviation

dinar

din

⁵

/ �徱ː�� /

noun

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

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Word 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�ǲ��Բ�”

Origin of din²

From Arabic ��ī�� “religion,” from Persian ��ŧ��

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) standard”), registered mark of the German Institute for Standardization

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Word 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

See noise.

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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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dimwit Dinah

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