stint
noun/stɪnt/
/stɪnt/
- (+ adv./prep.) a period of time that you spend working somewhere or doing a particular activity
- He did a stint abroad early in his career.
- He hated his two-year stint in the Navy.
- I’ve done my stint in the kitchen for today.
Extra Examples- He later served a stint in the Navy.
- He's doing a brief stint at the World Bank in Washington.
- His résumé includes a stint as a professor of physics.
- She lived in Camden during her stint at the London office.
- The singer enjoyed a short stint at number one.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- brief
- short
- …
- do
- serve
- enjoy
- …
- after a/the stint
- during a/the stint
Word OriginOld English styntan ‘make blunt’, of Germanic origin; related to the verb stunt.Definitions on the go
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