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Definition of Kind
Kind

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.

Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; gracious.

Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act.

Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.

Nature; natural instinct or disposition.

Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind.

Nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety; description; class; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of government; various kinds of soil, etc.

To beget.

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Kind Quotations

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
Scott Adams

All of us would like for everybody to be the kind of person we want them to be.
Ken Hensley

I make the kind of music I like.
Duncan Sheik

But without the experience of actually singing or playing these things yourself, you don't have the same kind of involvement or understanding of what these musical moves mean. And that is a very big problem in addressing the future of music.
Michael T. Thomas

It's kind of scary sometimes, I've seen this a lot in Asia. Children are given music lessons, very intensively I might add and involving great technical expertise sometimes, but you can tell that they have been told only to play happy pleasant music.
Michael T. Thomas

Kind Translations

kind in Afrikaans is vriendelik, soort
kind in Danish is art, godhjertet, venlig
kind in Dutch is vriendelijk, voorkomend
kind in German is Sorte {f}, art, Art {f}
kind in Italian is fare, benevolo, cortese, valevole, gentile, sorta
kind in Latin is comis, lenis, genus, pius
kind in Norwegian is vennlig, snill
kind in Spanish is bondadoso, laya, vigente, suerte


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