Definitions for kind of
kind of

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rather, kind of, kinda, sort ofadverb

   to some (great or small) extent

   "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kind ofadverb

   Slightly; somewhat; sort of.

2. Etymology: From a reanalysis "kind of" in a phrase such as "a kind of merry dance" from noun ("kind") and preposition ("of") from the prepositional phrase "of merry dance" to adverb modifying "merry".

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1. kind of

   "Kind of" is a phrase typically used to express that something or someone belongs to a particular category, class, or type. It can also be used to indicate a degree or extent of something in an unspecified or approximate manner.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'kind of' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2383

How to pronounce kind of?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kind of in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kind of in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of kind of in a Sentence

1. Patrik Riklin:

   The room without a wall and roof also shows a kind of liberation. There is probably no other place to enjoy a better ventilated room than this during summer in Switzerland.

2. Lauri Jones:

   Someone said,' Let's find out where she lives, we'll post her address,' those types of things, not being an elected official or anything, I mean, I wasn't used to that and it did make me really kind of fearful.

3. Jeramey Anderson:

   It's hard to kind of get a lot of young people to understand that I can't go to the clubs with them, i always tell my friends,' We can do the same things, but my name will hit the papers before( yours) do.'.

4. Secretary Carter:

   The result of this kind of action will inevitably, simply be to inflame the civil war in Syria.

5. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

   What you all have shown is that a people's movement here is not an accident, it is a mandate, this absolutely strengthens us. It's not just about winning or losing, but so much of this is about how we win. To win with that kind of mandate is transformative, and it tells us that our policy positions are not an accident.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=kind of
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kind_of
3. ^ ChatGPT
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