coin
gb/kˈɔɪn/ us/kˈɔɪn/
A1
إنجليزي
~ 3000
المعاني
0 معنى
اسم
A1
entity
1
Flat metal money piece
A small piece of metal used as money.
نمط الاستخدام:
[someone] has [a/an number] coin(s)
غلطة شائعة:
Learners sometimes confuse 'coin' with 'currency' or 'money', using it to refer to all forms of money instead of just metal pieces.
مرادفات
currency (A general term for money, not limited to coins.)
|
money (Broad term including coins, paper bills, and other forms.)
أضداد
banknote (Paper form of money, as opposed to coins.)
تراكيب شائعة
flip a coin
|collect coins
|insert a coin
|loose change and coins
مواضيع
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
أمثلة
- She dropped a coin into the parking meter.
- He collects rare coins from different countries.
- I found a coin under the sofa.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
- I have one coin in my pocket.
- The coin is silver and small.
- She puts a coin in the machine.
فعل
B2
action
2
Invent a new term
To make a new word or phrase.
نمط الاستخدام:
to coin [a word/phrase]
غلطة شائعة:
Learners may confuse 'coin' meaning 'to make money' with 'coin' meaning 'to invent a word'. Context is important.
مرادفات
create (General term for making something new, not specific to language.)
|
invent (General term for creating something original, not limited to words.)
أضداد
borrow (To take an existing word or expression from another language or source.)
تراكيب شائعة
coin a phrase
|first coined
|newly coined
مواضيع
language
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
أمثلة
- Shakespeare coined many words that we still use today.
- The term 'blog' was coined in the late 1990s.
- She coined a catchy slogan for the campaign.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
- He coined a new word for his story.
- The writer coined many funny phrases.
- They coined the term last year.
اسم
A2
entity
3
Side of a coin
One side of a coin, with a picture or design.
مرادفات
face (Can refer to the front side of an object, including coins.)
أضداد
reverse (The opposite side of the front (obverse) on a coin.)
تراكيب شائعة
heads side of the coin
|tails side of the coin
مواضيع
money
|finance
|daily_life
أمثلة
- The heads side of the coin shows the queen's portrait.
- The tails side has an image of a bird.
- Each coin has two sides: heads and tails.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
- The coin has a head side.
- I see the tail on the coin.
- This coin has two sides.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
coin
IPA
GB/kˈɔɪn/
US/kˈɔɪn/
المقاطع والنبر
coin (١ مقطع)
Stress on 1st syllable (coin)
تصريفات الكلمة
Noun
- Base: coin
- Plural: coin, coins
Verb
- Base: coin
- 3rd Person Singular: coins
- Present Participle: coining
- Past: coined
عيلة الكلمة
Forms
coins
noun
coining
verb
coined
verb
Related words
coinage
noun
تعبيرات
to coin a phrase
1/tə kˈɔɪn ə fɹˈeɪz/
idiom
Invent or use expression humorously
To say or make a well-known phrase, sometimes as a joke about using it.
أمثلة
- He's living, to coin a phrase, 'on cloud nine'.
- She was, to coin a phrase, 'over the moon' about her promotion.
two sides of the same coin
1/tˈu sˈaɪdz əv ðə sˈeɪm kˈɔɪn/
idiom
Two aspects of one thing
Two different but related parts of one thing.
أمثلة
- Success and failure are two sides of the same coin.
- Freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin.
flip a coin
1/flˈɪp ə kˈɔɪn/
fixed phrase
Toss a coin to decide
to throw a coin in the air and use the side it lands on to choose between two things
أمثلة
- We couldn't decide where to eat, so we flipped a coin.
- If we can’t agree, let’s flip a coin.
- If it's heads, we go to the park; if it's tails, we stay home.
- They flipped a coin to see who would go first.
- We flipped a coin and I lost.