kind
adjective/kaɪnd/
(comparative kinder, superlative kindest)
Слово англійською: kind
Переклад kind українською: добрий, сердечний, добрячий, люб'язний
Детальний опис
- caring about others; gentle, friendly and generous
- a very kind and helpful person
- a kind heart/face
- a kind action/gesture/comment
- You've been very kind.
- kind to somebody/something kind to animals
- (figurative) Soft water is kinder to your hair.
- (figurative) The weather was very kind to us.
- kind to do something Was it kind to let her find out this way?
- He was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule to come here today.
- it is kind of somebody I think it was very kind of her.
- it is kind of somebody to do something It was really kind of you to help me.
- (formal) Thank you for your kind words.
- The poems are reprinted here by kind permission of the author.
- (formal) ‘Do have another.’ ‘That's very kind of you (= thank you).’
- We need a kinder, gentler society.
- If an animal is badly injured, often the kindest thing to do is to destroy it painlessly.
- (formal) used to make a polite request or give an order
- Would you be kind enough to close the window?
Word Originadjective Old English gecynde ‘natural, native’; in Middle English the earliest sense is ‘well born or well bred’, whence ‘well disposed by nature, courteous, gentle, benevolent’.