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KIN definition: 1. family and relations 2. your closest relation or relations: 3. family and relations. Learn more.
The meaning of KIN is a group of persons of common ancestry : clan. How to use kin in a sentence.
a group of persons descended from a common ancestor or constituting a people, clan, tribe, or family. a relative or kinsman. someone or something of the same or similar kind: philosophy and its kin, theology.
noun. 1. a person's relatives collectively; kindred. 2. a class or group with similar characteristics. 3. See next of kin. adjective. 4. (postpositive)
When someone refers to their kith and kin, she means her friends and family. Both words date back to Old English, with kin reaching back to the 700s. Originally referring to one’s family or race, kin narrowed to refer just to one’s blood relations.
a group of persons descended from a common ancestor or constituting a people, clan, tribe, or family. a relative or kinsman. someone or something of the same or similar kind: philosophy and its kin, theology.
kĭn. One's family; relatives; kinfolk; kindred. A relative or family member. Organisms that are genetically related to another or others. Cauliflower and its kin. A relation, typically by blood; sometimes used to refer to relations by marriage or adoption.
Definition of kin noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
the members of your family. See also. next of kin. (Definition of kin from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
kin. (kɪn) n. 1. all of a person's relatives; kindred. 2. a relative or kinsman. 3. a group of persons tracing or claiming descent from a common ancestor, or constituting a family, clan, tribe, or race. 4. someone or something of the same or similar kind. 5. family relationship or kinship. adj.
