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• noun 1 a class or type of people or things having similar characteristics. 2 character; nature. 3 each of the elements (bread and wine) of the Eucharist. — PHRASES in kind 1 in the same way. 2 (of payment) in goods or services as opposed to money. kind of informal rather. of a kind hardly or only partly deserving the name. one of a kind unique. two (or three, four, etc.) of a kind 1 the same or very similar. 2 (of cards) having the same face value but of a different suit. — USAGE When using kind to refer to a plural noun, avoid the ungrammatical construction these kind: say these kinds of questions are not relevant rather than these kind of questions are not relevant. — ORIGIN Old English, related to KIN.
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