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din

n. C / U
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈdɪn// UK //dˈɪn// din

n. a loud, unpleasant noise made by many people or machines at once. You use this word when the sound is so strong it feels like pressure on your ears.

n. a loud, continuous, and often irritating noise, typically produced by machinery or a crowd. Uncountable in its general sense; countable when referring to specific instances or levels of noise.


SIMPLE

The din of traffic kept me awake.

CONTEXTUAL

We could barely hear each other over the din of the busy restaurant.

COMPLEX

The sudden silence after the concert's final chord was more striking than the din that had filled the hall for two hours.

Synonyms
Origin

Borrowed from German DIN.

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