KIND OF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kind of mean? 

• KIND OF (adverb)
  The adverb KIND OF has 1 sense:

1. to some (great or small) extent

  Familiarity information: KIND OF used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KIND OF (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To some (great or small) extent

Synonyms:

kind of; kinda; rather; sort of

Context example:

he is kind of shy

 Context examples 

"Waves are a kind of signal from the plasma," said Kim.

(Scientists deepen understanding of magnetic fields that surround Earth, National Science Foundation)

Suddenly a kind of brightness fell about me.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

In fact, the grey cub was not given to thinking—at least, to the kind of thinking customary of men.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Researchers added that other plants have been shown to offer the same kind of promise, including parsley, Artemesia annua (sweet wormwood), and peanut hairy roots.

(Human Heart Cells Grown on Spinach Leaves, VOA News)

These are the first confirmed observations of stars forming in this kind of extreme environment.

(Stars Born in Winds from Supermassive Black Holes, ESO)

It makes one wonder what kind of sounds our evolutionary ancestors experienced.

(Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch, National Institutes of Health)

I had plenty to think of, therefore, besides my mind running continually on the kind of place I was going to—which was an awful speculation.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

If phosphorus comes from supernova and travels across space in meteoritic rock, the researchers wondered if young planets near the wrong kind of supernova may find themselves lacking in reactive phosphorus.

(Finding Alien Life Unlikely Due to Lack of Phosphorus in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

But not too many people had done this kind of study of the bone.

(Discovery may lead to osteoporosis treatment, National Science Foundation)

It depends on a number of factors, and it can cause this kind of damage.

(Zika virus found to harm adults’ memory and motor system, Agência Brasil/EBC)