coin
gb/kˈɔɪn/ us/kˈɔɪn/
A1
انگلیسی
~ 3000
معنیها
۰ معنی
اسم
A1
entity
1
Flat metal money piece
A small piece of metal used as money.
الگوی کاربرد:
[someone] has [a/an number] coin(s)
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes confuse 'coin' with 'currency' or 'money', using it to refer to all forms of money instead of just metal pieces.
هممعنیها
currency (A general term for money, not limited to coins.)
|
money (Broad term including coins, paper bills, and other forms.)
متضادها
banknote (Paper form of money, as opposed to coins.)
ترکیبهای رایج
flip a coin
|collect coins
|insert a coin
|loose change and coins
موضوعها
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
نمونهها
- She dropped a coin into the parking meter.
- He collects rare coins from different countries.
- I found a coin under the sofa.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- 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.
الگوی کاربرد:
to coin [a word/phrase]
اشتباه رایج:
Learners may confuse 'coin' meaning 'to make money' with 'coin' meaning 'to invent a word'. Context is important.
هممعنیها
create (General term for making something new, not specific to language.)
|
invent (General term for creating something original, not limited to words.)
متضادها
borrow (To take an existing word or expression from another language or source.)
ترکیبهای رایج
coin a phrase
|first coined
|newly coined
موضوعها
language
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
نمونهها
- 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.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- 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.
هممعنیها
face (Can refer to the front side of an object, including coins.)
متضادها
reverse (The opposite side of the front (obverse) on a coin.)
ترکیبهای رایج
heads side of the coin
|tails side of the coin
موضوعها
money
|finance
|daily_life
نمونهها
- 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.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- The coin has a head side.
- I see the tail on the coin.
- This coin has two sides.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
coin
IPA
GB/kˈɔɪn/
US/kˈɔɪn/
هجاها و تکیه
coin (۱ هجا)
Stress on 1st syllable (coin)
صورتهای واژه
Noun
- Base: coin
- Plural: coin, coins
Verb
- Base: coin
- 3rd Person Singular: coins
- Present Participle: coining
- Past: coined
خانوادهٔ واژه
Forms
coins
noun
coining
verb
coined
verb
Related words
coinage
noun
عبارتها
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.
نمونهها
- 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.
نمونهها
- 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
نمونهها
- 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.