coin

/kɔɪn/ verb [T]

Translation

› to be the first person who uses a new word or phrase

(yeni bir kelime, ifade) bulmak, uydurmak, yaratmak

The Czech playwright, Capek, coined the word 'robot'.13321224

to coin a phrase › something you say before using a common expression

denilebilir ki; tabiri caizse, diyelim ki

Still, to coin a phrase, there is light at the end of the tunnel.1224

(Definition of coin verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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