kind1

Phrases

in kind

• 1in the same way; with something similar:if he responded positively, they would respond in kind

• 2(of payment) in goods or services as opposed to money.

one's (own) kind

people with whom one has a great deal in common: we stick with our own kind

someone's kind

used to express disapproval of a certain type of person:I don’t apologize to her kind ever

kind of

informal rather; to some extent:it got kind of cosy

a kind of

something resembling:teaching based on a kind of inspired guesswork

nothing of the kind

not at all like the thing in question:my son had done nothing of the kind before

used to express an emphatic denial:‘He made you do that?’ ‘He did nothing of the kind.’

of its kind

within the limitations of its class:this new building was no doubt excellent of its kind

of a kind

used to indicate that something is not as good as it might be expected to be:there is tribute, of a kind, in such popularity

one of a kind

unique.

something of the kind

something like the thing in question:they had always suspected something of the kind

two (or three, four, etc.) of a kind

the same or very similar:she and her sister were two of a kind

(of cards) having the same face value but of a different suit.