coin
gb/kˈɔɪn/ us/kˈɔɪn/
A1
انگریزی
~ 3000
معانی
0 معانی
اسم
A1
entity
1
Flat metal money piece
A small piece of metal used as money.
استعمال کا انداز:
[someone] has [a/an number] coin(s)
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes confuse 'coin' with 'currency' or 'money', using it to refer to all forms of money instead of just metal pieces.
ہم معنی الفاظ
currency (A general term for money, not limited to coins.)
|
money (Broad term including coins, paper bills, and other forms.)
متضاد الفاظ
banknote (Paper form of money, as opposed to coins.)
لفظی تراکیب
flip a coin
|collect coins
|insert a coin
|loose change and coins
موضوعات
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- She dropped a coin into the parking meter.
- He collects rare coins from different countries.
- I found a coin under the sofa.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- 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.
استعمال کا انداز:
to coin [a word/phrase]
عام غلطی:
Learners may confuse 'coin' meaning 'to make money' with 'coin' meaning 'to invent a word'. Context is important.
ہم معنی الفاظ
create (General term for making something new, not specific to language.)
|
invent (General term for creating something original, not limited to words.)
متضاد الفاظ
borrow (To take an existing word or expression from another language or source.)
لفظی تراکیب
coin a phrase
|first coined
|newly coined
موضوعات
language
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- 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.
ہم معنی الفاظ
face (Can refer to the front side of an object, including coins.)
متضاد الفاظ
reverse (The opposite side of the front (obverse) on a coin.)
لفظی تراکیب
heads side of the coin
|tails side of the coin
موضوعات
money
|finance
|daily_life
مثالیں
- 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- The coin has a head side.
- I see the tail on the coin.
- This coin has two sides.
گرامر
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coin
IPA
GB/kˈɔɪn/
US/kˈɔɪn/
ہجا بندی اور زور
coin (1 ہجا)
Stress on 1st syllable (coin)
لفظ کی شکلیں
Noun
- Base: coin
- Plural: coin, coins
Verb
- Base: coin
- 3rd Person Singular: coins
- Present Participle: coining
- Past: coined
متعلقہ الفاظ
Forms
coins
noun
coining
verb
coined
verb
Related words
coinage
noun
عبارات
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.
مثالیں
- 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.
مثالیں
- 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
مثالیں
- 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.