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| kin·dred [ kíndrəd ] |
adjective |
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1. similar to somebody or something: close to somebody or something else because of similar qualities or interests
  the kindred relationship between neuroscience and neurology
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2. of same family: related to somebody by blood
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formal
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the search for someone kindred to him
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noun (plural kin·dreds) |
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1. affinity: closeness to somebody that is based on something other than a blood relationship, e.g. on similarity of character or interests
a sense of kindred between the two candidates
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2. family relationship: relationship by blood or, less strictly, by marriage
occasions that reinforce the ties of kindred
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3. somebody's family: somebody's relatives as a group
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takes a plural verb
)
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4. clan: a family or group of closely related families, e.g. in the Celtic kin-based social system
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| [12th century. <kin + Old English rǣden "condition"] |
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| kin·dred·ness noun |
| kin·dred·ship noun |
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