Kind Definition
- Plenty of; ample:
We have all kinds of time to finish the job.
- With produce or commodities rather than with money:
pay in kind.
- In the same manner or with an equivalent:
returned the slight in kind.
- Rather; somewhat:
I'm kind of hungry.
- Of the same kind; alike:
My father and my uncle are two of a kind.
- in agreement with one's (or its) nature
Other Word Forms of Kind
Noun
Adjective
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Kind
- all kinds of
- in kind
- kind of
- of a kind
- after one's (or its) kind
- all kinds of
- in kind
- kind of
- of a kind
Origin of Kind
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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
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From Old English cynd (“generation, kind, nature, race”), ġecynd, from Proto-Germanic *kundiz, *gakundiz, related to *kunją. See also kin.
From Wiktionary
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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
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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 Old English cynde (“innate, natural, native”), ġecynde, from cynd.
From Wiktionary
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