The meaning of Kindred

adjective

(of a subsidiary group or a person) officially attached or connected to an organization.

Usage examples:

Affiliated union members

verb

Officially attach or connect (a subsidiary group or a person) to an organization.

Usage examples:

They are national associations affiliated to larger organizations

adjective

(of two or more people or things) similar to each other.

Usage examples:

The brothers were very much alike

adverb

In the same or a similar way.

Usage examples:

They dressed alike in black trousers and jackets

adjective

Similar; like each other

Usage examples:

You and your father don’t look very much alike., she received hundreds of letters of support from f…

adjective

Joined by or relating to members of an alliance.

Usage examples:

Allied territories

verb

Combine or unite a resource or commodity with (another) for mutual benefit.

Usage examples:

He allied his racing experience with his father's business acumen

adjective

Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared.

Usage examples:

They saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and child…

adjective

(of a person or thing) connected with something else.

Usage examples:

Two associated events

verb

Connect (someone or something) with something else in one's mind.

Usage examples:

I associated wealth with freedom

noun

A close-knit group of interrelated families, especially in the scottish highlands.

Usage examples:

The clan macleod

adjective

Related; connected.

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Cognate subjects such as physics and chemistry

noun

(of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another (e.g. english father, german vater, latin pater ).

Usage examples:

The term is obviously cognate with the malay segan

adjective

Cognate languages and words have the same origin, or are related and in some way similar

Usage examples:

The italian word "mangiare" (= to eat) is cognate with the french "manger".

adjective

Able to be likened to another; similar.

Usage examples:

The situation in holland is comparable to that in england

adjective

Similar in size, amount, or quality to something else

Usage examples:

The girls are of comparable ages., our prices are comparable to/with those in other shops., the two…

adjective

Brought together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established.

Usage examples:

A connected series of cargo holds

verb

Bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established.

Usage examples:

The electrodes were connected to a recording device

adjective

(of two or more things) joined together

Usage examples:

The connected parts of a machine, some loosely connected stories, he’s a politically connected lawy…

noun

A relationship in which a person or thing is linked or associated with something else.

Usage examples:

The connections between social attitudes and productivity

phrase

The people you know and who can help you

Usage examples:

He only got the job because of his connections!, he has important connections in washington., we ru…

adjective

Analogous or equivalent in character, form, or function; comparable.

Usage examples:

The corresponding jamaican word is ‘bada’

verb

Have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly.

Usage examples:

The carved heads described in the poem correspond to a drawing of edgcote house

noun

A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

Usage examples:

The family lived in a large house with a lot of land

adjective

Designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.

Usage examples:

A family newspaper

noun

A social group of parents, children, and sometimes grandparents, uncles, aunts, and others who are related

Usage examples:

[ c ] her family moved here when she was eleven., [ u ] many people cope with the demands of both c…

noun

People in general.

Usage examples:

Some folk will do anything for money

adjective

Relating to the traditional art or culture of a community or nation.

Usage examples:

A revival of interest in folk customs

adjective

Relating to folk music.

Usage examples:

A folk club

noun

A building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys.

Usage examples:

My wife and i are moving to a new house

verb

Old-fashioned term for bingo.

A dwelling that serves as living quarters for a family

adjective

Having all constituent parts linked or connected.

Usage examples:

A set of interconnected computer networks

verb

Connect with each other.

Usage examples:

The way human activities interconnect with the environment

adjective

With different parts or things connected or related to each other

Usage examples:

The new home consists of seven interconnected buildings., blogs are heavily interconnected; blogger…

noun

One's family and relations.

Usage examples:

Many elderly people have no kin to turn to for assistance

adjective

(of a person) related.

Usage examples:

He was kin to the brothers

suffix

Forming diminutive nouns such as bumpkin, catkin.

plural noun

(in anthropological or formal use) a person's blood relations, regarded collectively.

Usage examples:

Mobilising her natal familija, most of her son's agnatic kinfolk, and many other unrelated families…

noun

People you are connected with, especially by family relationships

preposition

Having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to.

Usage examples:

He used to have a car like mine

conjunction

In the same way that; as.

Usage examples:

People who change countries like they change clothes

noun

Used with reference to a person or thing of the same kind as another.

Usage examples:

The quotations could be arranged to put like with like

noun

Direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.

Usage examples:

A dutch nobleman of ancient lineage

adjective

(of lines, planes, or surfaces) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.

Usage examples:

Parallel lines never meet

noun

A person or thing that is similar or analogous to another.

Usage examples:

A challenge which has no parallel in peacetime this century

verb

Be side by side with (something extending in a line), always keeping the same distance; run or lie parallel to.

Usage examples:

A big concrete gutter that paralleled the road

noun

Human beings in general or considered collectively.

Usage examples:

The earthquake killed 30,000 people

verb

(of a group of people) inhabit (a place).

Usage examples:

An arid mountain region peopled by warring clans

noun

A human being regarded as an individual.

Usage examples:

The porter was the last person to see her prior to her disappearance

adjective

Belonging to the same family, group, or type; connected.

Usage examples:

Sleeping sickness and related diseases

verb

Make or show a connection between.

Usage examples:

The study examines social change within the city and relates it to developments in the country as a…

adjective

Belonging to the same family

Usage examples:

Of course elise and linda are related – they’re cousins., josé and alfonso are related by marriage.…

noun

The way in which two or more people or things are connected; a thing's effect on or relevance to another.

Usage examples:

Questions about the relation between writing and reality

noun

The relationships that exist between two people, organizations, or countries, and whether these are good or bad

Usage examples:

The meeting provided both sides with an opportunity to exchange views on the current state of u.s.-…

noun

A person connected by blood or marriage.

Usage examples:

Much of my time is spent visiting relatives

adjective

Considered in relation or in proportion to something else.

Usage examples:

The relative effectiveness of the various mechanisms is not known

adjective

Denoting a pronoun, determiner, or adverb that refers to an expressed or implied antecedent and attaches a subordinate clause to it, e.g. which, who.

Usage examples:

The other personal relative pronoun, who, doesn't seem to be affected nearly as much.

adjective

Having a resemblance in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical.

Usage examples:

A soft cheese similar to brie

noun

A person or thing similar to another.

Usage examples:

He was one of those whose similar you never meet

adjective

Looking or being almost the same, although not exactly

Usage examples:

They both went to ivy league schools and have similar backgrounds., he used similar tactics to win …

noun

A social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader.

Usage examples:

Indigenous indian tribes

noun

A group of people, often of related families, who live in the same area and share the same language, culture, and history

Usage examples:

She has studied native american tribes from mexico to maine.