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YEN (yenned, yenning)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yen mean?
• YEN (noun)
The noun YEN has 2 senses:
1. a yearning for something or to do something
2. the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen
Familiarity information: YEN used as a noun is rare.
• YEN (verb)
The verb YEN has 1 sense:
1. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
Familiarity information: YEN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A yearning for something or to do something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
hankering; yen
Hypernyms ("yen" is a kind of...):
hungriness; longing; yearning (prolonged unfulfilled desire or need)
Derivation:
yen (have a desire for something or someone who is not present)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("yen" is a kind of...):
Japanese monetary unit (monetary unit in Japan)
Meronyms (parts of "yen"):
sen (a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have a desire for something or someone who is not present
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
ache; languish; pine; yearn; yen
Context example:
I am pining for my lover
Hypernyms (to "yen" is one way to...):
hanker; long; yearn (desire strongly or persistently)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "yen"):
die (languish as with love or desire)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
yen (a yearning for something or to do something)
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