Synonyms for kinds

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kahynd

Phonetic Transcription : kaɪnd

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Définition of kinds

Origin : "class, sort, variety," from Old English gecynd "kind, nature, race," related to cynn "family" (see kin), from Proto-Germanic *gakundjaz "family, race" (see kind (adj.)). Ælfric's rendition of "the Book of Genesis" into Old English came out gecyndboc. The prefix disappeared 1150-1250. No exact cognates beyond English, but it corresponds to adjective endings such as Goth -kunds, Old High German -kund. Also in English as a suffix (mankind, etc.). Other earlier, now obsolete, senses in English included "character, quality derived from birth" and "manner or way natural or proper to anyone." Use in phrase a kind of (1590s) led to colloquial extension as adverb (1804) in phrases such as kind of stupid ("a kind of stupid (person)").

noun class, species
noun type, character

Example sentences :

When milk is used in a meal, what kinds of food may be omitted?
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Here, as elsewhere throughout France, all kinds of land tenure are found.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

I know the beech and the maple, and some kinds of oak, but there my wood lore ends.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

There are in my experience but four kinds of waiters the world over.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

All kinds o' games had been put up on him and he beat 'em all.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

They had got themselves up in all kinds of costumes, for this "act."
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

There are two kinds of camels—the camel proper and the camel improper.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

There are several other kinds of crosses besides those in churchyards.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

His work in other kinds is of a very different order of excellence.
Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding

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