COIN


Meaning of COIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɔɪn ]

( coins, coining, coined)

1.

A coin is a small piece of metal which is used as money.

...50 pence coins.

...Frederick’s gold coin collection.

N-COUNT

2.

If you coin a word or a phrase, you are the first person to say it.

Jaron Lanier coined the term ‘virtual reality’ and pioneered its early development...

VERB : V n

3.

You say ‘ to coin a phrase ’ to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché.

Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella.

PHRASE

4.

You use the other side of the coin to mention a different aspect of a situation.

These findings are a reminder that low pay is the other side of the coin of falling unemployment.

PHRASE : PHR with cl

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