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stint

n. countable
C1 Advanced US //ˈstɪnt// UK //stˈɪnt// stint Archaic

n. a set period of time that you spend doing a specific job or activity. It usually describes a short or fixed amount of time.

n. a fixed or limited period of time spent performing a specific task or working in a particular role. Often implies a temporary or seasonal duration.


SIMPLE

She did a short stint as a waitress last summer.

CONTEXTUAL

After a two-year stint in the military, he returned to university to finish his degree.

COMPLEX

The journalist's brief stint as a foreign correspondent in the war zone provided her with enough material to write a bestselling memoir about the complexities of modern conflict.

Synonyms
Etymology 1

From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Usage

Often used with the preposition 'as' when referring to a job role, or 'in' when referring to a location or organization.

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