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# kind

«kind» in Mova's school dictionary: **a type or sort of something: What kind of dog is it?** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (kind, kinds); adjective (kind, kinder, kindest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) As a noun, a kind is a type or sort of something: What kind of dog is it? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kind/#m1)

2) As an adjective, kind means nice, caring and helpful to others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kind/#m2)

3) Kind of (informal) means «a little» or «sort of»: I'm kind of tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kind/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, a type that sorts things into groups; problems ask how many kinds or how many of each kind. In science, sorting animals and plants into kinds (groups). In everyday life and school values: be kind to others, kind words, kindness. In stories, a kind character helps someone in need. Phrases: «what kind of», «all kinds of», «of each kind», «be kind to», «kind of».

### examples

- The shop sells 5 kinds of bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kind/#x1)
- She has 3 kinds of flowers, 10 of each kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kind/#x2)
- How many kinds of fruit are there? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kind/#x3)
- The kind boy shared his apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kind/#x4)
- What kind of music do you like? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kind/#x5)
- It was kind of you to help me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kind/#x6)
- There are all kinds of animals at the zoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kind/#x7)
- Be kind to your little brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kind/#x8)
- I'm kind of hungry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kind/#x9)

### note

Noun is countable: a kind, kinds; «this kind of apple», «these kinds of apples». Adjective: kind, kinder, kindest; noun: kindness; adverb: kindly. «Of each kind» means multiply (kinds × number of each). Trap: «how many kinds» counts types, not items.

### In the corpora

- [An employment tribunal is a kind of court for work disputes, such as being sacked unfairly or not being paid what is owed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/17/)
- [The easiest money is usually the most expensive kind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/5/)
- [Most people think tiny kind lies are OK, but big lies that hurt people or hide important things are not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/9/)
- ["Thank you, that's so kind" is a way to be honest and kind at the same time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/10/)
- [Grumbling about a noisy party is easier than knocking, but a knock and a kind word usually fix it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/27/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kind» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kind/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.