coin
gb/kˈɔɪn/ us/kˈɔɪn/
A1
Αγγλικά
~ 3000
Σημασίες
0 σημασίες
Ουσιαστικό
A1
entity
1
Flat metal money piece
A small piece of metal used as money.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[someone] has [a/an number] coin(s)
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse 'coin' with 'currency' or 'money', using it to refer to all forms of money instead of just metal pieces.
Συνώνυμα
currency (A general term for money, not limited to coins.)
|
money (Broad term including coins, paper bills, and other forms.)
Αντώνυμα
banknote (Paper form of money, as opposed to coins.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
flip a coin
|collect coins
|insert a coin
|loose change and coins
Θέματα
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- She dropped a coin into the parking meter.
- He collects rare coins from different countries.
- I found a coin under the sofa.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- I have one coin in my pocket.
- The coin is silver and small.
- She puts a coin in the machine.
Ρήμα
B2
action
2
Invent a new term
To make a new word or phrase.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
to coin [a word/phrase]
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may confuse 'coin' meaning 'to make money' with 'coin' meaning 'to invent a word'. Context is important.
Συνώνυμα
create (General term for making something new, not specific to language.)
|
invent (General term for creating something original, not limited to words.)
Αντώνυμα
borrow (To take an existing word or expression from another language or source.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
coin a phrase
|first coined
|newly coined
Θέματα
language
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- He coined a new word for his story.
- The writer coined many funny phrases.
- They coined the term last year.
Ουσιαστικό
A2
entity
3
Side of a coin
One side of a coin, with a picture or design.
Συνώνυμα
face (Can refer to the front side of an object, including coins.)
Αντώνυμα
reverse (The opposite side of the front (obverse) on a coin.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
heads side of the coin
|tails side of the coin
Θέματα
money
|finance
|daily_life
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- The coin has a head side.
- I see the tail on the coin.
- This coin has two sides.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
coin
IPA
GB/kˈɔɪn/
US/kˈɔɪn/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
coin (1 συλλαβή)
Stress on 1st syllable (coin)
Τύποι λέξης
Noun
- Base: coin
- Plural: coin, coins
Verb
- Base: coin
- 3rd Person Singular: coins
- Present Participle: coining
- Past: coined
Οικογένεια λέξεων
Forms
coins
noun
coining
verb
coined
verb
Related words
coinage
noun
Εκφράσεις
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.
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα
- 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
Παραδείγματα
- 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.