kin
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2.6
- noun
- /kɪn/
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pariente
- Some participants were closer to kin and fictive kin than to family members.
- close kin
- distant kin
- kith and kin
For nothing is closer kin to us, he says, than our own good.
- For nothing is closer kin to us, he says, than our own good.
- Moto Sognir rose mightiest ruler of the kin of dwarfs.
- And he says particularly in one respect, these races were recognizably our kin.
- When you don't connect, connect, or you don't control or protect your kin, then you also are seen as disposable.
- Man to what's the best way to discipline your kin?
- GED tells us that was Orm Mbar, the dragon of Salador, kin to the great Orm, who slew earth Akba and was slain by him.
- And she will, I shouldn't say she, but these mother trees will send more carbon to their own kin.
- These are behaviors that are related to the fact of I increase my inclusive fitness by investing in my kin.
- You'd move in next to your kin on your kin groups land.
- I'm grabbing the my closest of kin and I'm leaving.
Examples
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Do you know who his next of kin is?
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Mr Anderson listed you as next of kin.
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Carry me home to see my kin
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One is more likely to help their own kin versus a stranger.
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Since both your parents are dead, who's your next of kin?
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The majority of participants identified a minimum of five kin and fictive kin relationships during childhood.
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The names of the eight victims are being withheld until notification of next of kin.
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Consequently, study participants relied on kin and fictive kin for advice and help with solving problems.
Academic text (2008) -
African Americans historically have relied on kin networks to supplement insufficient resources, among other functions.
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Do you know who his next of kin is?
Synonyms
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1.0
All the people who are related to you by birth, marriage, or adoption
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1.0
A person who is in your family by blood or marriage
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2.9
A group of families who are related and share the same identity
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6.0
The family and relatives of a person
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6.7
Relatives who come from the same family, often including aunts and cousins
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6.6
A group of people who are related by blood or marriage
A group of people who are related by blood or marriage
A group of people related by blood or marriage like an extended family
People who are related to you by blood, like aunts and cousins
People in your family by blood or marriage
Antonyms
Compounds
- Slang
A person who feels very close to a fictional character and sees themselves in that character
How Close
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word kin comes from an old English word cynn that meant 'family' or 'group by birth', and it shares the same root as the simple word kind (which once also meant 'family' or 'type'). So your kin are your relatives or family members.