NOTHING OF THE KIND / SORT

Meaning of NOTHING OF THE KIND / SORT in English

used to emphasize that the situation is very different from what has been said :

'I was terrible!' 'You were nothing of the kind.'

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SORT — I. ˈsȯ(ə)r]t, -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French sorte, probably from Medieval Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOTHING — I. ˈnəthiŋ, -thēŋ pronoun Etymology: Middle English nothing, nathing, non thing, from Old English nāthing, nān thing, from nān no …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KIND
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SORT — (n.) A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like …
Английский словарь Webster
SORT — — sortable , adj. — sortably , adv. — sorter , n. /sawrt/ , n. 1. a particular kind, species, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOTHING — /nuth"ing/ , n. 1. no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing. 2. no part, share, or trace (usually fol. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KIND
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SORT — I. ˈsȯrt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, fate, lot, characteristic, from Latin sort-, sors lot, share, category — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOTHING — I. ˈnə-thiŋ pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nān thing, nāthing, from nān no + thing thing — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KIND — I. ˈkīnd noun Etymology: Middle English kinde, from Old English cynd; akin to Old English cynn kin Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SORT — noun chance; lot; destiny. 2. sort ·noun a pair; a set; a suit. 3. sort ·noun manner; form of being …
Webster English vocab
NOTHING — noun a cipher; naught. 2. nothing ·adv in no degree; not at all; in no wise. 3. nothing ·noun nonexistence; …
Webster English vocab
KIND — vt to beget. 2. kind ·adj nature; natural instinct or disposition. 3. kind ·adj race; genus; species; generic class; as, …
Webster English vocab
SORT — [sort] n [ME, fr. MF sorte, prob. fr. ML sort-, sors, fr. L, chance, lot--more at series] (14c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NOTHING — [noth.ing] pron [ME, fr. OE nan thing, nathing, fr. nan no + thing thing--more at none] (bef. 12c) 1: not …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KIND — [kind] n [ME kinde, fr. OE cynd; akin to OE cynn kin] (bef. 12c) 1 a archaic: nature b archaic: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NOTHING — nothing BrE AmE ˈnʌθ ɪŋ § \ ˈnɒθ- ▷ nothing|ness nəs nɪs ▶ ˌ nothing ˈ doing BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SORT — / sɔːt; NAmE sɔːrt/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a group or type of people or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOTHING — / ˈnʌθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun 1. not anything; no single thing : There was nothing in her bag. There's nothing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KIND — / kaɪnd; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun [ C , U ] a group of people or things …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SORT — I. sort 1 S1 W1 /sɔːt $ sɔːrt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOTHING — I. noth ‧ ing 1 S1 W1 /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ BrE AmE pronoun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nan thing , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KIND — I. kind 1 S1 W1 /kaɪnd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cynd ] 1 . [uncountable …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SORT — n. & v. --n. 1 a group of things etc. with common attributes; a class or kind. 2 (foll. by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOTHING — n. & adv. --n. 1 not anything (nothing has been done; have nothing to do). 2 no thing (often foll. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KIND — n. 1 a a race or species (human kind). b a natural group of animals, plants, etc. (the wolf kind). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SORT — n. & v. n. 1 a group of things etc. with common attributes; a class or kind. 2 (foll. by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NOTHING — n. & adv. n. 1 not anything (nothing has been done; have nothing to do). 2 no thing (often foll. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KIND — n. 1 a a race or species (human kind). b a natural group of animals, plants, etc. (the wolf kind). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SORT — n. & v. --n. 1. a group of things etc. with common attributes; a class or kind. 2 (foll. by …
Oxford English vocab
NOTHING — n. & adv. --n. 1. not anything (nothing has been done; have nothing to do). 2 no thing (often foll. …
Oxford English vocab
KIND — 1. n.1 a a race or species (human kind). b a natural group of animals, plants, etc. (the wolf kind). …
Oxford English vocab
KIND — I. NOUN USES AND PHRASES /kaɪnd/ ( kinds) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SORT — ( sorts, sorting, sorted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOTHING — ( nothings) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Nothing means not a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SORT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES deal with/sort out a problem ▪ The state has failed to deal with the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NOTHING
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KIND — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a good/kind heart (= a kind character ) ▪ My father had a good …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KIND — (PAYMENT) [noun] [U] - in kind (of payment) given in the form of goods or services and not moneyShe wouldn't …
Cambridge English vocab
NOTHING — Synonyms and related words : a little thing, a nobody, a nothing, aught, bagatelle, blank, cipher, clean slate, common man, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NOTHING — See: GO FOR NOTHING, HAVE NOTHING ON, HERE GOES NOTHING, IN NO TIME or IN NOTHING FLAT, NOT TO MENTION …
Slang English vocab
NOTHING — I. noun 1. something that does not exist his hopes were based on nothing Synonyms: naught ( or nought), nil, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
NOTHING — • ↑ cost nothing/not cost anything • ↑ do nothing/not do anything • ↑ for nothing • ↑ for nothing/for …
Longman Activator English vocab
NOTHING — INDEX: 1. when there is not any of something 2. the number that means none 3. less than none RELATED …
Longman Activator English vocab
KIND — INDEX: 1. kind 2. kind to people who have problems or difficulties 3. to treat someone very kindly or too …
Longman Activator English vocab
KIND — See ↑ KIND 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be one of a kind • ↑ be the only one of its …
Longman Activator English vocab
SORT — n. 25B6; noun what sort of book is it? : TYPE, kind, nature, manner, variety, class, category, style; calibre, quality, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NOTHING
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SORT — 1. < application , algorithm > To arrange a collection of items in some specified order. The items - records …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SORT — n. 1 kind, variety, type, class, classification, group, category, brand, make, mark, stamp, description, mould, stripe, ilk, feather, kidney, character, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
NOTHING
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
KIND — n. 1 sort, type, variety, style, genre, species, class, breed; brand, make What kind of tree is the cypress? Do …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
NOTHING — See: GO FOR NOTHING, HAVE NOTHING ON, HERE GOES NOTHING, IN NO TIME or IN NOTHING FLAT, NOT TO MENTION …
Словарь английских идиом
KIND — I adjective 1 BAD : I wonder if you would be so kind to send me further details and an …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SORT — 1. сущ. 1) вид, разновидность, класс, разряд, род, сорт, тип Syn : variety, quality, kind 2) а) тип человека б) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NOTHING
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KIND — I сущ. 1) сорт, разновидность; разряд; вид, класс, род Syn : category, sort, type, variety, quality 2) а) отличительный признак; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SORT — sort.ogg 1. sɔ:t n 1. вид, род; сорт, разновидность; разряд, тип, класс all sorts of things, things of all sorts …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NOTHING
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KIND — kind.ogg _I kaınd n 1. 1> сорт, класс, разряд good bad, remarkable, usual kind - хороший плохой, замечательный, обычный сорт …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SORT — 1) сорт; класс; вид; разновидность || сортировать; классифицировать 2) сортировка; классификация; вчт. тж упорядочение 3) вчт. программа сортировки, сортировщик 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SORT — 1) сорт; класс; вид; разновидность || сортировать; классифицировать 2) сортировка; классификация; вчт. тж упорядочение 3) вчт. программа сортировки, сортировщик 4) выделять, отделять, селектировать 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
KIND — 1) вид 2) класс 3) разновидность 4) разряд 5) род 6) семейство 7) сорт • cusp of the first kind — точка возврата [точка заострения] первого рода cusp of …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SORT — sort сущ.1) вид, разновидность, класс, разряд, род, сорт, тип Syn:variety, quality, kind 2) а) тип человека б) характер человека 3) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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