coin
gb/kˈɔɪn/ us/kˈɔɪn/
A1
Ingles
~ 3000
Mga kahulugan
0 kahulugan
Pangngalan
A1
entity
1
Flat metal money piece
A small piece of metal used as money.
Padron ng paggamit:
[someone] has [a/an number] coin(s)
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners sometimes confuse 'coin' with 'currency' or 'money', using it to refer to all forms of money instead of just metal pieces.
Mga kasingkahulugan
currency (A general term for money, not limited to coins.)
|
money (Broad term including coins, paper bills, and other forms.)
Mga kasalungat
banknote (Paper form of money, as opposed to coins.)
Mga kolokasyon
flip a coin
|collect coins
|insert a coin
|loose change and coins
Mga tema
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- She dropped a coin into the parking meter.
- He collects rare coins from different countries.
- I found a coin under the sofa.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- I have one coin in my pocket.
- The coin is silver and small.
- She puts a coin in the machine.
Pandiwa
B2
action
2
Invent a new term
To make a new word or phrase.
Padron ng paggamit:
to coin [a word/phrase]
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners may confuse 'coin' meaning 'to make money' with 'coin' meaning 'to invent a word'. Context is important.
Mga kasingkahulugan
create (General term for making something new, not specific to language.)
|
invent (General term for creating something original, not limited to words.)
Mga kasalungat
borrow (To take an existing word or expression from another language or source.)
Mga kolokasyon
coin a phrase
|first coined
|newly coined
Mga tema
language
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- He coined a new word for his story.
- The writer coined many funny phrases.
- They coined the term last year.
Pangngalan
A2
entity
3
Side of a coin
One side of a coin, with a picture or design.
Mga kasingkahulugan
face (Can refer to the front side of an object, including coins.)
Mga kasalungat
reverse (The opposite side of the front (obverse) on a coin.)
Mga kolokasyon
heads side of the coin
|tails side of the coin
Mga tema
money
|finance
|daily_life
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- The coin has a head side.
- I see the tail on the coin.
- This coin has two sides.
Gramatika
Anyo sa diksyunaryo
coin
IPA
GB/kˈɔɪn/
US/kˈɔɪn/
Mga pantig at diin
coin (1 pantig)
Stress on 1st syllable (coin)
Mga anyo ng salita
Noun
- Base: coin
- Plural: coin, coins
Verb
- Base: coin
- 3rd Person Singular: coins
- Present Participle: coining
- Past: coined
Mga kaugnay na salita
Forms
coins
noun
coining
verb
coined
verb
Related words
coinage
noun
Mga ekspresyon
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.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.