kind

Betekenis

Noun

1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
2. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
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.
7. Equivalent means used as response to an action.
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.

Adj

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.
3. Favorable.
4. Mild, gentle, forgiving
5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
6. (obsolete) Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kaɪnd/

Etymologie

From Middle English kynde, kunde, cunde, icunde, from Old English cynd, ġecynd (“inherent nature, disposition, kind, gender, generation, race”), from Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, related to Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, kin”) and Old English cennan (“to bear, give birth”). Cognate with Old High German gikunt (“nature, kind”), Icelandic kind (“race, species, kind”). Doublet of gens, genesis, and jati. See also kin.

Zinnen

I was just in town earlier this year , so it is kind of crazy to think about what took place right after .

Ik was eerder dit jaar net in de stad, dus het is een beetje gek om na te denken over wat er direct daarna plaatsvond.

She has always been very kind and friendly to everyone , even strangers .

Ze is altijd erg aardig en vriendelijk geweest voor iedereen, zelfs vreemden.

The boy could certainly resist causing that kind of anxiety for the baker .

De jongen zou zeker kunnen weerstaan ​​om dat soort angst voor de bakker te veroorzaken.

That's the kind of stuff they want .

Dat is het soort dingen dat ze willen.