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31sort — /sɔt / (say sawt) noun 1. a particular kind, species, variety, class, group, or description, as distinguished by the character or nature: to discover a new sort of mineral. 2. character, quality, or nature. 3. a more or less adequate or… …
32sort — [[t]sɔrt[/t]] n. 1) a particular kind, class, or group; category: two sorts of people rich and poor[/ex] 2) character, quality, or nature: friends of a nice sort[/ex] 3) an example of something that is undistinguished: He is a sort of poet[/ex]… …
33kind — This word has many meanings, among them class (a kind of preacher), subdivision of a category (that kind of orange), and, with of, rather or somewhat (kind of sorry). Kind is singular, so that one should not say these (or those) kind of shoes but …
34kind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sort, species, class, type, ilk, breed, character, nature. adj. kindly, kindhearted; gentle, tender, sympathetic, mild, friendly, obliging, benign, solicitous, lenient; helpful. See benevolence,… …
35sort — 1 noun 1 TYPE (C) especially BrE a group or class of people, things etc that have similar qualities or features; type (+ of): What sort of shampoo do you use? | all sorts of (=a lot of different types of things): soup flavoured with all sorts of… …
36sort — n. & v. n. 1 a group of things etc. with common attributes; a class or kind. 2 (foll. by of) roughly of the kind specified (is some sort of doctor). 3 colloq. a person of a specified character or kind (a good sort). 4 Printing a letter or piece… …
37kind — kind1 W1S1 [kaınd] n [: Old English; Origin: cynd] 1.) [U and C] one of the different types of a person or thing that belong to the same group = ↑sort, ↑type kind of ▪ They sell all kinds of things. ▪ The flowers attract several different kinds… …
38kind — I adj. 1) kind of (that was very kind of you) 2) kind to (kind to animals) 3) kind to + inf. (it was kind of you to help us) II n. sort 1) of a kind (of all kinds; of several kinds; two of a kind) same manner 2) in kind (to be paid back in kind;… …
39sort — sort1 [ sɔrt ] noun *** 1. ) count a group of things or people with the same qualities or features: KIND, TYPE: What sort are you looking for? sort of: In that sort of situation Tom tends to panic. all sorts of: He was asking us all sorts of… …
40kind of — or[sort of] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Almost but not quite; rather. * /A guinea pig looks kind of like a rabbit, but it has short ears./ * /Bob was kind of tired when he finished the job./ * /The teacher sort of frowned but then smiled./ * /Mary… …
