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{
"etymology_text": "From a reanalysis of kind of in a phrase such as a kind of merry dance from “a kind + of + merry dance” (a type among merry dances) to “a + kind-of merry + dance” (a somewhat merry dance).",
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"pos": "adv",
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
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"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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}
],
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{
"text": "I'm getting kind of tired. Could we finish tomorrow?"
},
{
"text": "That's the right answer, kind of."
},
{
"ref": "2022, A. M. Arthur, His Fresh Start Cowboy",
"text": "He kind of hated the idea of Hugo having been with someone else, even though that was superhypocritical, considering Brand's own previous arrangements with Ramie and Jackson.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Slightly; somewhat; sort of."
],
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"links": [
[
"Slightly",
"slightly"
],
[
"somewhat",
"somewhat"
],
[
"sort of",
"sort of"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, colloquial) Slightly; somewhat; sort of."
],
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{
"word": "kinds of"
}
],
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{
"word": "sort of"
},
{
"word": "sorta"
},
{
"word": "kinda sorta"
},
{
"word": "kinda"
}
],
"tags": [
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"idiomatic",
"not-comparable"
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "malko",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "малко"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "edin vid",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "един вид"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "una mica"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "相當"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiāngdāng",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "相当"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "ietwat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "vähän"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "jokseenkin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "tavallaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "plus ou moins"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "quelque peu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "à peu près"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "en quelque sorte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "somewhat",
"tags": [
"Louisiana"
],
"word": "manière"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "mais ou menos"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "daquela maneira"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "etwas"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "irgendwie"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kápos",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "κάπως"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "perípou",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "περίπου"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "némileg"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "cineál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "piuttosto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "abbastanza"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "panašiai"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "jakiś"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "meio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svojevó róda",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "своего́ ро́да"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "típa",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "ти́па"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vróde",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "вро́де"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "nàdar de"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "nekako"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "pomalo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "na neki način"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "algo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "algo así"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "algo así como"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "más o menos"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "ganska"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ščosʹ na zrazok",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "щось на зразок"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "ychydig"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "braidd"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "yn rhyw fath"
}
]
}
],
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/En-au-kind_of.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
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}
{
"etymology_text": "From a reanalysis of kind of in a phrase such as a kind of merry dance from “a kind + of + merry dance” (a type among merry dances) to “a + kind-of merry + dance” (a somewhat merry dance).",
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"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "kind of (not comparable)",
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
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{
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}
],
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"English colloquialisms",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncomparable adverbs",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm getting kind of tired. Could we finish tomorrow?"
},
{
"text": "That's the right answer, kind of."
},
{
"ref": "2022, A. M. Arthur, His Fresh Start Cowboy",
"text": "He kind of hated the idea of Hugo having been with someone else, even though that was superhypocritical, considering Brand's own previous arrangements with Ramie and Jackson.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Slightly; somewhat; sort of."
],
"links": [
[
"Slightly",
"slightly"
],
[
"somewhat",
"somewhat"
],
[
"sort of",
"sort of"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, colloquial) Slightly; somewhat; sort of."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"idiomatic",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
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"word": "sort of"
},
{
"word": "sorta"
},
{
"word": "kinda sorta"
},
{
"word": "kinda"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "malko",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "малко"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "edin vid",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "един вид"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "una mica"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "相當"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiāngdāng",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "相当"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "ietwat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "vähän"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "jokseenkin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "tavallaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "plus ou moins"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "quelque peu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "à peu près"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "en quelque sorte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "somewhat",
"tags": [
"Louisiana"
],
"word": "manière"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "mais ou menos"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "daquela maneira"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "etwas"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "irgendwie"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kápos",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "κάπως"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "perípou",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "περίπου"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "némileg"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "cineál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "piuttosto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "abbastanza"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "panašiai"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "jakiś"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "meio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svojevó róda",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "своего́ ро́да"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "típa",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "ти́па"
},
{
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"roman": "vróde",
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"word": "вро́де"
},
{
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "nàdar de"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "nekako"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "pomalo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "na neki način"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"word": "algo"
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{
"code": "es",
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{
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{
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "ganska"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "ščosʹ na zrazok",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "щось на зразок"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "ychydig"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "braidd"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "somewhat",
"word": "yn rhyw fath"
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],
"word": "kind of"
}
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