English Phrase of the Day

kind of

Definitions

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kind of
1. adv. (idiomatic, colloquial) Slightly; somewhat; sort of.
I'm getting kind of tired. Could we finish tomorrow?
That's the right answer, kind of.
Analysis
kind
1. n. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
What kind of a person are you?
This is a strange kind of tobacco.
2. n. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
The opening served as a kind of window.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.

Example Sentences

I don't have that kind of time.

What kind of fish are here?

Do you know the kind of life I've led?

This is not that kind of investigation yet.

That kind of love is not fantasy.

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