Kind meaning

kīnd

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kinder kindest kinds

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The definition of kind is warm, generous or sympathetic.

An example of kind is the personality of Mother Theresa.

adjective

Agreeable or beneficial.

A dry climate kind to asthmatics.

adjective

Kind is defined as a type of something.

An example of kind is fruits that are red.

noun

(archaic) Loving; affectionate.

adjective

Affectionate, showing benevolence.

A kind man; a kind heart.

adjective

Mild, gentle, forgiving.

The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well.

adjective

Essential character.

noun

Sympathetic, friendly, gentle, tenderhearted, generous, etc.

adjective

Cordial.

Kind regards.

adjective

(obs.) Natural; native.

adjective

A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

What kind of a person are you?

This is a strange kind of tobacco.

noun

(archaic) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.

noun

Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in a barter.

noun

Gentle; tractable; easily governed.

A horse kind in harness.

adjective

A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.

The opening served as a kind of window.

noun

Equivalent means used as response to an action.

I'll pay in kind for his insult.

noun

Favorable.

adjective

Used to form nouns denoting groups or classes taken collectively.

suffix

Having or showing a friendly, generous, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature.

adjective

A natural group or division.

noun

Sort; variety; class.

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

after one's (or its) kind

in agreement with one's (or its) nature

idiom

all kinds of

many or much

all 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; mediocre

Entertainment of a kind.

idiom

Idioms 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.

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From Old English cynd (“generation, kind, nature, race”), ġecynd, from Proto-Germanic *kundiz, *gakundiz, related to *kunją. See also kin.

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From Old English cynde (“innate, natural, native”), ġecynde, from cynd.

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Kind meaning

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Origin of kind

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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