kind

tür, çeşit

Belirli özellikleri ortak olan insan veya şeylerin oluşturduğu grup.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A group of people or things that share particular features.

• What kind of music do you like?
• This shop sells several kinds of bread.
• We both bought the same kind of phone.

Nasıl kullanılır: a kind of something (A pear is a kind of fruit.)

Eş anlamlılar: type, sort, variety

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: kind of food, different kind

benzeri

Başka bir şeye kısmen benzeyen veya benzer bir işe yarayan şey.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Something that partly resembles another thing or serves a similar purpose.

• The box became a kind of chair.
• She built a kind of shelter from branches.
• His speech was a kind of apology.

Nasıl kullanılır: a kind of something (The fallen tree formed a kind of bridge.)

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: a kind of, kind of shelter

ayni ödeme

Para yerine ödeme olarak verilen mal veya hizmetler.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Goods or services given as payment instead of money.

• They paid us in kind.
• The charity accepts donations in kind.
• Part of her wages came in kind, including food and housing.

Nasıl kullanılır: in kind (Some farmers pay their rent in kind.)

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: in kind, payment in kind

nazik, iyiliksever

Başkalarını önemseyen ve onlara yardım eden.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Caring about other people and doing things that help them.

• You are very kind.
• A kind stranger helped me find the station.
• It was kind of her to bring us dinner.

Nasıl kullanılır: be kind to someone (Please be kind to your little brother.); it is kind of someone to do something (It was kind of you to help.)

Eş anlamlılar: helpful, thoughtful, considerate

Zıt anlamlılar: unkind, cruel

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: kind to someone, kind of someone

şefkatli, sevecen

Birine sevgi ve sıcaklık gösteren.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Showing warmth and love toward someone.

• She has a kind heart.
• He gave the child a kind smile.
• I remembered her kind eyes and warm voice.

Eş anlamlılar: warm, loving, affectionate

Zıt anlamlılar: cold

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: kind heart, kind smile

yumuşak, merhametli

Sert davranmayan, bağışlayıcı olan veya fazla zarar ve zorluk yaratmayan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Gentle or forgiving, causing little harm or difficulty.

• The years have been kind to her.
• This soap is kind to your skin.
• The judge was kind to the young offender.

Nasıl kullanılır: be kind to someone/something (The weather has been kind to our garden.)

Eş anlamlılar: gentle, merciful, lenient

Zıt anlamlılar: harsh

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: kind to someone, kind to skin