coin
gb/kˈɔɪn/ us/kˈɔɪn/
A1
इंग्रजी
~ 3000
अर्थ
० अर्थ
नाम
A1
entity
1
Flat metal money piece
A small piece of metal used as money.
वापर नमुना:
[someone] has [a/an number] coin(s)
सामान्य चूक:
Learners sometimes confuse 'coin' with 'currency' or 'money', using it to refer to all forms of money instead of just metal pieces.
समानार्थी शब्द
currency (A general term for money, not limited to coins.)
|
money (Broad term including coins, paper bills, and other forms.)
विरुद्धार्थी शब्द
banknote (Paper form of money, as opposed to coins.)
सहप्रयोग
flip a coin
|collect coins
|insert a coin
|loose change and coins
विषय
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
उदाहरणे
- She dropped a coin into the parking meter.
- He collects rare coins from different countries.
- I found a coin under the sofa.
शिकणाऱ्यांसाठी उदाहरणे
- I have one coin in my pocket.
- The coin is silver and small.
- She puts a coin in the machine.
क्रियापद
B2
action
2
Invent a new term
To make a new word or phrase.
वापर नमुना:
to coin [a word/phrase]
सामान्य चूक:
Learners may confuse 'coin' meaning 'to make money' with 'coin' meaning 'to invent a word'. Context is important.
समानार्थी शब्द
create (General term for making something new, not specific to language.)
|
invent (General term for creating something original, not limited to words.)
विरुद्धार्थी शब्द
borrow (To take an existing word or expression from another language or source.)
सहप्रयोग
coin a phrase
|first coined
|newly coined
विषय
language
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
उदाहरणे
- 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.
शिकणाऱ्यांसाठी उदाहरणे
- He coined a new word for his story.
- The writer coined many funny phrases.
- They coined the term last year.
नाम
A2
entity
3
Side of a coin
One side of a coin, with a picture or design.
समानार्थी शब्द
face (Can refer to the front side of an object, including coins.)
विरुद्धार्थी शब्द
reverse (The opposite side of the front (obverse) on a coin.)
सहप्रयोग
heads side of the coin
|tails side of the coin
विषय
money
|finance
|daily_life
उदाहरणे
- 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.
शिकणाऱ्यांसाठी उदाहरणे
- The coin has a head side.
- I see the tail on the coin.
- This coin has two sides.
व्याकरण
शब्दकोशातील रूप
coin
IPA
GB/kˈɔɪn/
US/kˈɔɪn/
अक्षरविभाग आणि जोर
coin (१ अक्षरखंड)
Stress on 1st syllable (coin)
शब्दरूपे
Noun
- Base: coin
- Plural: coin, coins
Verb
- Base: coin
- 3rd Person Singular: coins
- Present Participle: coining
- Past: coined
संबंधित शब्द
Forms
coins
noun
coining
verb
coined
verb
Related words
coinage
noun
वाक्प्रचार
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.
उदाहरणे
- 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.
उदाहरणे
- 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
उदाहरणे
- 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.