coining

/ˈkɔɪnɪŋ/

coining is the present participle and gerund of coin.

Noun

coining (countable and uncountable, plural coinings)

(uncountable) A form of alternative medicine from Southeast Asia where a coin is rubbed vigorously on a patient's oiled skin.

Synonyms:

kerokan, gua sha
(countable) A created word or phrase.
- Poetry admits of greater latitude than proſe, which with reſpect to coining, or, at leaſt, new-compounding words; yet, even here, this liberty ſhould be uſed with a ſparing hand.1783, Hugh Blair, edited by George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly Review, volume 68, Art. V. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres., page 499
- Once we move into the Patristic period, there is undoubted evidence for new coinings of words (particularly compounds) as a response to the needs of the theological debates which occurred.1989, G.H.R. Horsley, “The Greek Documentary Evidence and NT Lexical Study: Some Soundings”, in New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, volume 5, →ISBN, page 77
Synonyms:

coinage, neologism

coin (third-person singular simple present coins, present participle coining, simple past and past participle coined)

To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
- to coin silver dollars
Synonyms:

mint, manufacture
(broadly) To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).
- Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.
Synonyms:

invent, originate, mint
To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
- [...] Tenants cannot coin their Rent juſt at Quarter-day, but muſt gather it up by degrees, and lodge it with them till Pay-day, or borrow it of thoſe who have it lying by them, [...]1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC, page...

plural	coinings

What does coining mean?: Coining means a form of alternative medicine from Southeast Asia where a coin is rubbed vigorously on a patient's oiled skin.
What is coining the present participle and gerund of?: Coining is the present participle and gerund of coin.
What part of speech is coining?: Coining is a noun.
How do you pronounce coining?: Coining is pronounced /ˈkɔɪnɪŋ/.
What is the plural of coining?: The plural of coining is coinings.

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