kind

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Noun

1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
   • What kind of (a) person are you?
   • What kind of ice-cream would you like? There's chocolate, strawberry, and lemon.
   • Neither of them is the marrying kind.
2. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
   • The opening served as a kind of window.
3. One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
4. Family, lineage.
5. Manner.
6. Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
   • in kind
   • I don't have any money but I can pay in kind by washing the dishes.
7. Equivalent means used as response to an action.
   • in kind
   • I'll pay in kind for his insult.
8. Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
9. The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.
   • The kind of any primitive data type is *, corresponding to a nullary constructor.
10. Food in a particular category.

Adjective

1. Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
2. Affectionate.
   • a kind man; a kind heart
3. Favorable.
4. Mild, gentle, forgiving
   • The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well.
5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
   • a horse kind in harness
6. Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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