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- [yen]
- /yɛn/
- /jen/
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- [yen]
- /yɛn/
Definitions of yen word
- noun plural yen an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y. 1
- noun plural yen a former silver coin of Japan. 1
- noun yen a desire or craving: I had a yen for apple pie. 1
- verb without object yen to have a craving; yearn. 1
- noun yen A longing or yearning. 1
- noun,plural yen Japanese currency 1
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Origin of yen
First appearance:
before 1870 One of the 26% newest English words
1870-75; < Japanese (y)en < Chinese yuán yuan
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Parts of speech for Yen
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
yen popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for yen
noun yen
- urge — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- desire — A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
- wish — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- longing — strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
- yearning — deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
verb yen
- set one's heart on — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- look forward to — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- spoil for — If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen.
- hungering — Present participle of hunger.
- hanker — to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
Antonyms for yen
noun yen
- disgust — to cause loathing or nausea in.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- distaste — dislike; disinclination.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
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