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  • 51kind — I. /kaɪnd / (say kuynd) adjective 1. of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person. 2. having, showing, or proceeding from benevolence: kind words. 3. cordial; well meant: kind regards. 4. (sometimes followed by to) indulgent,… …

  • 52kind — I adj 1. good, benevolent, benign, benignant, beneficent; mild, gentle, tender, Fr. gentil; compassionate, loving, Inf.Christian, humane, decent, noble, human; gracious, generous, charitable, bounteous, giving; lionhearted, big hearted,… …

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  • 53kind — {{11}}kind (adj.) friendly, deliberately doing good to others, from O.E. gecynde natural, native, innate, originally with the feeling of relatives for each other, from P.Gmc. *gakundiz natural, native, from *kunjam (see KIN (Cf. kin)), with… …

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  • 54sort — {{11}}sort (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. sorte class, kind, from L. sortem (nom. sors) lot, fate, share, portion, rank, category, from PIE root *ser to line up (Cf. L. serere to arrange, attach, join; see SERIES (Cf. series)). The sense evolution in …

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  • 55sort — 1. noun 1) what sort of book is it? Syn: type, kind, nature, manner, variety, class, category, style; caliber, quality, form, group, set, bracket, genre, species, family, order …

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  • 56sort — 1. noun /sɔːt,sɔɹt/ a) A general type. This guys a decent sort. b) group, company. I had a sort of my cupboard Syn: genre, genus …

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  • 57sort — Synonyms and related words: adjust, ailing, alphabetize, analyze, appraise, arrange, array, assess, assort, batch, battery, blood, body, body build, bolt, brand, break down, breed, bulk, cast, catalog, catalogue, categorize, category, character,… …

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  • 58kind — 1. adjective she is such a kind and caring person Syn: kindly, good natured, kindhearted, warmhearted, caring, affectionate, loving, warm; considerate, helpful, thoughtful, obliging, unselfish, selfless, altruistic, good, attentive; compassiona …

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  • 59kind — 1. adjective /kaɪnd/ a) Affectionate, showing benevolence. The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well. b) Favorable. 2. noun /kaɪnd/ a) A type …

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  • 60Sort Merge Generator — The Sort Merge Generator was an application developed by Betty Holberton in 1951 for the Univac I and is one of the first examples of using a computer to create a computer program. The input to the application was a specification of files and the …

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