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Definition of 'kind'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) kind
of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person.

2.  kind
having, showing, or proceeding from benevolence:
kind words.

3.  kind
considerate or helpful; humane (often fol. by to):
to be kind to animals.

4.  kind
clement:
kind weather.

5. (n.) kind
a class or group of animals, people, objects, etc., classified on the basis of common traits; category.

6.  kind
nature or character:
to differ in degree rather than kind.

7.  kind
an example of something; variety; sort.

8.  kind
a more or less adequate example of something:
The vines formed a kind of roof.

9.  kind
Archaic.

10.  kind
natural disposition or character.

11.  kind
manner; form.

12.  kind
Obs. gender; sex.

13.  kind
in the same way; with something of the same kind as that received.

14.  kind
in goods, commodities, or services rather than money:
payment in kind.

Definition of 'kind'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) kind, sort, form, variety
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
"sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

2. (adj) kind
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
"kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"

3. (adj) kind, genial
agreeable, conducive to comfort
"a dry climate kind to asthmatics"; "the genial sunshine";"hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet"

4. (adj) kind, tolerant
tolerant and forgiving under provocation
"our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"

Definition of 'kind'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) kind
a type or sort
What kind of book is it?; Are you the kind of person who can deal with stress?; I work with all kinds of people.

2. kind
kind of
fairly, in a way; = a little
It's kind of hard for me to understand him.; The cookies were kind of unusual.

3. (adjective) kind
generous or thoughtful
a kind woman who would help anyone; a kind gesture; It was kind of him to help.; Be kind to your friends.

Definition of 'kind'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) kind
nature; natural instinct or disposition

2. (adj) kind
race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind

3. (adj) kind
nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety; description; class; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of government; various kinds of soil, etc

4.  kind
characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native

5.  kind
having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart

6.  kind
showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; gracious

7.  kind
proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act

8.  kind
gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness

9. (verb) kind
to beget

Translation of 'kind'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a sort or type What kind of car is it?; He is not the kind of man who would be cruel to children.
Afrikaans: soort	Arabic: نَوْع	Bulgarian: вид
Brazilian: tipo	Czech: druh	German: die Art
Danish: slags; type	Greek: είδος, τύπος	Spanish: tipo, género, clase
Estonian: laad	Farsi: نوع؛ جور	Finnish: laji
French: sorte, espèce	Hebrew: אֵיזֶה מִין...	Hindi: प्रकार, वस्तु
Croatian: vrsta	Hungarian: faj(ta), -féle	Indonesian: jenis
Icelandic: tegund, gerð	Italian: sorta, specie, tipo	Japanese: 種類
Korean: 종류	Lithuanian: rūšis	Latvian: suga;šķirne; veids
Malay: jenis	Dutch: soort	Norwegian: slags, type, art, sort
Polish: rodzaj	Persian: نوع؛ جور	Pashto: ډول،نوع،رقم
Portuguese: tipo	Russian: марка; сорт	Slovak: druh
Slovenian: vrsta	Serbian: vrsta	Swedish: sort[s], slag[s], typ
Thai: ชนิด	Turkish: çeşit, tür, tip	Taiwanese: 種類
Ukrainian: рід; різновид	Urdu: نسل یا نوع	Vietnamese: loại
Chinese: 种类
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