Kind definition
Agreeable or beneficial.
A dry climate kind to asthmatics.
adjective
(archaic) Loving; affectionate.
adjective
Sympathetic, friendly, gentle, tenderhearted, generous, etc.
adjective
Lineal ancestry or descent.
noun
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Sort; variety; class.
noun
Nature.
noun
(obs.) Natural; native.
adjective
A doubtful or borderline member of a given category.
Fashioned a kind of shelter; a kind of bluish color.
noun
The natural order or course of things; nature.
noun
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Used to form nouns denoting groups or classes taken collectively.
suffix
Having or showing a friendly, generous, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature.
adjective
Essential character.
noun
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The definition of kind is warm, generous or sympathetic.
An example of kind is the personality of Mother Theresa.
adjective
Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
A horse kind in harness.
adjective
A group of individuals or instances sharing common traits; a category or sort.
Different kinds of furniture; a new kind of politics.
noun
Underlying character as a determinant of the class to which a thing belongs; nature or essence.
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Manner or fashion.
noun
Lineal ancestors or descendants considered as a group.
noun
Origin.
noun
Manner; way.
noun
Cordial.
Kind regards.
adjective
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A natural group or division.
noun
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Kind is defined as a type of something.
An example of kind is fruits that are red.
noun
(informal) all kinds of
- Plenty of; ample:We have all kinds of time to finish the job.
idiom
in kind
- With produce or commodities rather than with money:Pay in kind.
- In the same manner or with an equivalent:Returned the slight in kind.
idiom
(informal) kind of
- Rather; somewhat:I'm kind of hungry.
idiom
of a kind
- Of the same kind; alike:My father and my uncle are two of a kind.
idiom
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after one's (or its) kind
- in agreement with one's (or its) nature
idiom
all kinds of
- many or muchall kinds of money.
idiom
in kind
- in goods or produce instead of money
- with something like that received; in the same way
idiom
kind of
- somewhat; rather; almost
idiom
of a kind
- of the same kind; alike
- of poor quality; mediocreEntertainment of a kind.
idiom
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
kind
Plural:
kindsAdjective
Base Form:
kind
Comparative:
kinder
Superlative:
kindestIdioms and Phrasal Verbs
after one's (<i>or</i> its) kind
Origin of kind
- Middle English kinde natural, kind from Old English gecynde natural genə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English from Old English gecynd race, offspring, kind genə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English -kinde, -kunde, -kuinde, alteration (due to the noun kind (“type, class”)) of Middle English -kin, -kun, -cun, from Old English -cynn (“of or belonging to a specified race or family”), from cynn (“family, race”), see kin. Most uses appear to have been formed by analogy with mankind.
From Wiktionary
- From Old English cynd (“generation, kind, nature, race”), ġecynd, from Proto-Germanic *kundiz, *gakundiz, related to *kunją. See also kin.
From Wiktionary
- From Old English cynde (“innate, natural, native”), ġecynde, from cynd.
From Wiktionary