kindness
part of speech
noun (kindness — uncountable; a kindness, kindnesses)
meaning for a pupil
1) Kindness is being friendly, caring and helpful to others. tree →
2) A kindness is a kind act. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, school and feelings, kindness means helping someone who is hurt, including someone who is left out, sharing, saying thank you and being gentle with animals; «random acts of kindness» are small kind things for anyone. Kindness makes people feel safe and happy, and it is the opposite of bullying. In stories, kindness is often rewarded, like in fairy tales where a kind girl helps an old woman.
examples
- Thank you for your kindness. tree →
- Kindness costs nothing. tree →
- She showed kindness to the new boy. tree →
- Treat animals with kindness. tree →
- Holding the door open is a small act of kindness. tree →
- His kindness made her feel welcome. tree →
- Our class did a week of kindness challenges. tree →
- An act of kindness is well repaid. tree →
note
Uncountable usually: «kindness», not «a kindness» (but «a kindness» = one kind act, is possible). Formed from «kind» + «-ness». Opposite «unkindness» or «cruelty». Do not confuse with «kind of» (a type of / rather).
In the corpora
- Many future jobs will be about making technology fair and safe for people; maths, science, writing and kindness all help.
- The message: kindness matters more than winning.
- The soft word is a kindness or a joke, but the plain meaning underneath is always the same.
- These words are mostly spin and hiding, not kindness: they make terrible things sound tidy, careful or even normal.
- Kindness often spreads, because people who are treated kindly are more likely to be kind to others.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «kindness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.