Synonyms for kinds
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kahynd |
| Phonetic Transcription : kaɪnd |
Top 10 synonyms for kinds Other synonyms for the word kinds
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
- 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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