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kind

 
 
/kaɪnd/ noun

Translation

[C] a type of thing or person
tür, çeşit
What kind of music do you like? All kinds of people come to our church. Older kids like board games and that kind of thing. Her travel company was the first of its kind (= the first one like it).17471745
some kind of used to talk about something when you are not sure of its exact type
bir tür/çeşit
She has some kind of disability.1747
kind of informal used when you are trying to explain or describe something, but you cannot be exact
biraz, bir parça
It's kind of unusual.1759
of a kind used to describe something that exists but is not very good
sözüm ona, sözde
The school had a swimming pool of a kind, but it was too small for most classes to use.957
(Definition of kind noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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