What part of speech is kin?

Kin can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. kin is a noun, singular of kin / kins.
  • 2. kin is a noun, plural of kin.
  • 3. kin is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • kin 
    more kin
    most kin
  • Positive: kin 
  • Comparative: more kin
  • Superlative: most kin

What does kin mean?

Definitions

Adjective

kin - Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".

Noun

kin - group of people related by blood or marriage
kin - a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

Examples of kin

#   Sentence  
1. noun He's kin.
2. noun They are of kin to each other.
3. noun Someone should notify the next of kin.
4. noun They came with kith and kin.
5. noun The police will release the victim's name after they have notified his next of kin.
6. noun One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
7. noun Tom listed Mary as his next of kin on his travel insurance application.
8. noun Pride tends to develop into hubris, which is close kin to madness.
9. noun The next of kin have been notified.
10. noun You are no kin of mine.
11. noun I had neither kith nor kin in England.
12. noun "And there / 'neath Hector's kin three hundred years complete / the kingdom shall endure, till Ilia fair, / queen-priestess, twins by Mars' embrace shall bear."
13. noun Neither do I deny myself to be near of kin, but there is another nearer than I.
14. noun Khadija said "Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your kith and kin, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guests generously and assist the deserving calamity-afflicted ones.
15. noun They are of kin to each other.
Sentence  
noun
He's kin.
They are of kin to each other.
Someone should notify the next of kin.
They came with kith and kin.
The police will release the victim's name after they have notified his next of kin.
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
Tom listed Mary as his next of kin on his travel insurance application.
Pride tends to develop into hubris, which is close kin to madness.
The next of kin have been notified.
You are no kin of mine.
I had neither kith nor kin in England.
"And there / 'neath Hector's kin three hundred years complete / the kingdom shall endure, till Ilia fair, / queen-priestess, twins by Mars' embrace shall bear."
Neither do I deny myself to be near of kin, but there is another nearer than I.
Khadija said "Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your kith and kin, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guests generously and assist the deserving calamity-afflicted ones.
They are of kin to each other.

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