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Kind

/kaɪnd/

Kind is a noun with 2 senses listed below, each with examples where available, plus synonyms and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
    “This is a strange kind of tobacco.”
  2. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
    “The opening served as a kind of window.”

Definitions from the Free Dictionary API

Synonyms child derivative generation genre offspring sort

Origin

From Old English cynde.

Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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