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    kind
    [kīnd]
    noun
    kind (noun) · kinds (plural noun)
    1. a group of people or things having similar characteristics:
      "all kinds of music" · "a new kind of education" · "more data of this kind would be valuable"
      • character; nature:
        "the trials were different in kind from any that preceded them" · "true to kind"
      • each of the elements (bread and wine) of the Eucharist:
        "communion in both kinds"
    Origin
    Old English cynd(e), gecynd(e), of Germanic origin; related to kin. The original sense was ‘nature, the natural order’, also ‘innate character, form, or condition’ (compare with kind); hence ‘a class or race distinguished by innate characteristics’.
    kind
    [kīnd]
    adjective
    kind (adjective) · kinder (comparative adjective) · kindest (superlative adjective)
    1. having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature:
      "she was a good, kind woman" · "he was very kind to me"
      • used in a polite request:
        "would you be kind enough to repeat what you said?"
      • (kind to)
        (of a consumer product) gentle on (a part of the body):
        "look for rollers that are kind to hair"
      • archaic
        affectionate or loving.
    Origin
    Old English gecynde ‘natural, native’; in Middle English the earliest sense is ‘well born or well bred’, whence ‘well disposed by nature, courteous, gentle, benevolent’.
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    1. having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature:
     
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  1. Kind can be used as a noun or an adjective12. As a noun, it refers to a category of things distinguished by a common characteristic1. As an adjective, it can mean2:
    • Having or showing a tender and considerate nature
    • Agreeable, conducive to comfort
    • Tolerant and forgiving under provocation
    • Wanting or liking to do good and to bring happiness to others
    • Showing or growing out of gentleness or goodness of heart
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    Noun 1. kind - a category of things distinguishe ...
    Adj. 1. kind - having or showing a tender and co ...
    2. kind - agreeable, conducive to comfort; ...
    3. kind - tolerant and forgiving under prov ...

    kinder; kindest. Kids Definition of kind (Entry 2 of 2) 1 : wanting or liking to do good and to bring happiness to others : considerate a kind woman. 2 : showing or growing out of gentleness or goodness of heart a kind act.

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