{
    "term": "kind",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a group of people or things that are the same in some way; a particular variety or type",
            "sensetop": "kind of somebody/somethingthat kind of somethingthis kind of somethingof a kind",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "three kinds of cakes/cake",
                    "contextForm": "kind of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What kind of house do you live in?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sell **all kinds of** things."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I need to buy paper and pencils, that **kind of thing**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His diet's terrible—burgers, chips, pizzas, that **kind of stuff**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm the **kind of person** who hates to do anything wrong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have the **same kind of** car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll never have that kind of money *(= as much money as that)*.",
                    "contextForm": "that kind of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wouldn't say anything about it. He's not that kind of man."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This kind of exercise is very popular.",
                    "contextForm": "this kind of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Exercises of this kind are very popular.",
                    "contextForm": "of a kind"
                },
                {
                    "text": "music of **all/various/different kinds**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The school is the first of its kind in Britain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Would you like a drink of some kind?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The regions differ in size, but not in kind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Be sure to eat enough of the right kind of food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I missed him, in a funny kind of way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm a fairly normal kind of guy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prostate cancer is the most common kind of cancer in men."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need some kind of cover over it to protect it from the rain."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["different", "same", "similar"],
                "preposition": ["in kind", "of a kind", "of… kind"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a/​the kind of thing",
                    "a… kind of way",
                    "nothing of the kind"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "consisting of goods or services, not money",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As well as his salary, he gets benefits in kind."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "with the same thing",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She insulted him and he responded in kind."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that something you are saying is not exact",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I had a kind of feeling this might happen."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "slightly; in some ways",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That made me feel kind of stupid."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I like him, kind of."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that the situation is very different from what has been said",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘I was terrible!’ ‘You were nothing of the kind.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not as good as it could be",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're making progress of a kind."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very similar",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They're two of a kind—both workaholics!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the only one like this",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My father was one of a kind—I'll never be like him."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "unique"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "something like what has been said",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘He's resigning.’ ‘I'd suspected something of the kind.’"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kaɪnd/",
                "audio": "ki/kind/kind__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkaɪndə/",
                "audio": "ki/kind/kinda__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kaɪnd/",
                "audio": "ki/kind/kind__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkaɪndə/",
                "audio": "ki/kind/kinda__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun Old English cynd(e), gecynd(e), of Germanic origin; related to kin. The original sense was ‘nature, the natural order’, also ‘innate character, form, or condition’ (compare with the adjective kind); hence ‘a class ’or‘ race distinguished by innate characteristics’."
}