coin
gb/kˈɔɪn/ us/kˈɔɪn/
A1
Anglų
~ 3000
Reikšmės
0 reikšmių
Daiktavardis
A1
entity
1
Flat metal money piece
A small piece of metal used as money.
Vartosenos šablonas:
[someone] has [a/an number] coin(s)
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'coin' with 'currency' or 'money', using it to refer to all forms of money instead of just metal pieces.
Sinonimai
currency (A general term for money, not limited to coins.)
|
money (Broad term including coins, paper bills, and other forms.)
Antonimai
banknote (Paper form of money, as opposed to coins.)
Kolokacijos
flip a coin
|collect coins
|insert a coin
|loose change and coins
Temos
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Pavyzdžiai
- She dropped a coin into the parking meter.
- He collects rare coins from different countries.
- I found a coin under the sofa.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- I have one coin in my pocket.
- The coin is silver and small.
- She puts a coin in the machine.
Veiksmažodis
B2
action
2
Invent a new term
To make a new word or phrase.
Vartosenos šablonas:
to coin [a word/phrase]
Dažna klaida:
Learners may confuse 'coin' meaning 'to make money' with 'coin' meaning 'to invent a word'. Context is important.
Sinonimai
create (General term for making something new, not specific to language.)
|
invent (General term for creating something original, not limited to words.)
Antonimai
borrow (To take an existing word or expression from another language or source.)
Kolokacijos
coin a phrase
|first coined
|newly coined
Temos
language
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- He coined a new word for his story.
- The writer coined many funny phrases.
- They coined the term last year.
Daiktavardis
A2
entity
3
Side of a coin
One side of a coin, with a picture or design.
Sinonimai
face (Can refer to the front side of an object, including coins.)
Antonimai
reverse (The opposite side of the front (obverse) on a coin.)
Kolokacijos
heads side of the coin
|tails side of the coin
Temos
money
|finance
|daily_life
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- The coin has a head side.
- I see the tail on the coin.
- This coin has two sides.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
coin
IPA
GB/kˈɔɪn/
US/kˈɔɪn/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
coin (1 skiemuo)
Stress on 1st syllable (coin)
Žodžio formos
Noun
- Base: coin
- Plural: coin, coins
Verb
- Base: coin
- 3rd Person Singular: coins
- Present Participle: coining
- Past: coined
Žodžių šeima
Forms
coins
noun
coining
verb
coined
verb
Related words
coinage
noun
Posakiai
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.
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Pavyzdžiai
- 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
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.