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kind

noun [C]
 
 
/kaɪnd/

Definition

A1 a group with similar characteristics, or a particular type: Today's vehicles use two kinds of fuel - petrol and diesel. What kind of (a) job are you looking for? I just don't have that kind of money (= I haven't got so much money). The cupboard contained all kinds of strange things. Her travel company was the first of its kind (= of others that are similar).Categories and varietiesSpecies and genders
(Definition of kind noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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