Meaning
A type or sort; nice, caring and helpful to other people; a bit, quite (spoken).
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Word origin
Kind comes from an old English word for nature, family, or type.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- gecynd
Grammar
Examples
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Which type of music do you enjoy?
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There are many different sorts of fish in the water.
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This is the type of book I really enjoy.
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Thank you for the flowers. You are very nice to me.
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It is a bit cold in here.
A kind is a type or sort of thing - a group of things that share the same nature. When we ask what kind of food you like, we mean which type.
The same word also describes people. A kind person is nice to others and helps them: "You are very kind." In everyday speech, "kind of" means a bit: "It is kind of cold."
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Prefixes in English: un-, in-, im-, ir-, dis-, mis- rules
Suffixes in English: word building with -ness, -ful, -ly
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 12: kind, miss, late and 6 more words.