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A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It's a real pity when they are just used to give dull PC kudos to a drama, or when they're wheeled on in a tokenistic way without any real involvement in the plot.
Mark Haddon

Meaning of "kudos" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KUDOS

From Greek.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KUDOS

kudos  [ˈkjuːdɒs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KUDOS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kudos is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KUDOS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kudos

Kudos is acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement. Kudos may refer to: ▪ Kudos, a brand of chocolate-covered cereal bar ▪ Kudos, a life simulation game produced by Positech Games ▪ Kudos, a vocational-counseling computer program ▪ Kudos, a UK-based film and television production company ▪ Kudos, a 2000 album by Trio Töykeät ▪ Kudos, a fictional currency used by the Dwellers in The Algebraist...

Definition of kudos in the English dictionary

The definition of kudos in the dictionary is acclaim, glory, or prestige.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KUDOS


Calvados
ˈkælvəˌdɒs
DOS
dɒs
doss
dɒs
eidos
ˈaɪdɒs
endoss
ɪnˈdɒs
epanodos
ɛˈpænədɒs
exodos
ˈɛksəˌdɒs
extrados
ɛkˈstreɪdɒs
intrados
ɪnˈtreɪdɒs
MS-DOS
ɛmˈɛsˈdɒs
parados
ˈpærəˌdɒs
parodos
ˈpɑːrəˌdɒs
reredos
ˈrɪədɒs
Tenedos
ˈtɛnɪˌdɒs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KUDOS

kuchen
Kuching
Kuchipudi
kudlik
Kudrun
kudu
kudzu
kueh
Kuei-lin
Kuei-yang
Kueichou
Kuenlun
kufi
Kufic
kufiyah
kugel
kuia
Kuibyshev
Kuiper belt
kukri

WORDS THAT END LIKE KUDOS

Abydos
Barbados
Campos
Carlos
chaos
Comoros
cos
Davos
Eos
Granados
Gros
Jos
Laos
logos
Marcos
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pros
Rhodos
Santos
tournedos

Synonyms and antonyms of kudos in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «KUDOS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «kudos» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of kudos

Translation of «kudos» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KUDOS

Find out the translation of kudos to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kudos from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kudos» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

称赞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prestigio
570 millions of speakers

English

kudos
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

यश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مجد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

престижность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

glória
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খ্যাতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lauriers
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kudos
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ansehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

栄誉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

영광
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kudos
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thanh danh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெருமையையும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

यश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şeref
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gloria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kudos
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

престижність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Kudos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

kudos
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kudos
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kudos
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kudos

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KUDOS»

The term «kudos» is very widely used and occupies the 17.806 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KUDOS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kudos

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5 QUOTES WITH «KUDOS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word kudos.
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Mark Barrowcliffe
Younger women are willing to go out with high status males. If you look at the kind of women Salman Rushdie attracts, they tend to be intelligent, arty types. For her, it's a kudos thing. The man just wants a good-looking girl because he imagines that when his friends see him, they'll all think, 'Gosh I wish I was him.'
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Paul Bettany
For some ungodly reason, I end up being naked in a lot of stuff. But there is a certain grace and kudos that come with taking your clothes off on the first day, a respect that is given by the rest of the cast.
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Mark Haddon
A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It's a real pity when they are just used to give dull PC kudos to a drama, or when they're wheeled on in a tokenistic way without any real involvement in the plot.
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Vidal Sassoon
Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.
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Kurt Sutter
What happens on 'Mad Men' in terms of the acting and the writing and the directing, it's superior. And yes, it has tremendous cache and buzz because it's become iconic, but it also deserves all the kudos and the awards as well, because it's a beautiful show to look at.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KUDOS»

Discover the use of kudos in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kudos and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nature and Culture in the Iliad: The Tragedy of Hector
As a quality or possession kleos stands in relation and contrast to two other terms : kudos and time. All three words may, in certain contexts, be translated "fame," but they mean quite different things. Kudos is a kind of luster or mana which ...
James M. Redfield, 1994
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Performance Appraisal Handbook
This section provides two ways to document feedback for employees: kudos to compliment employees who are doing well and ticklers to alert employees who are struggling. You can call these types of notes anything you like, as long as you  ...
Amy DelPo Attorney, 2007
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Webster's II New Riverside Desk Dictionary: For Home, ...
Founder of the Mongol dynasty. ku-dos (kyOO'dos', -Jos') n. Acclaim or prestige resulting from notable achievement or high position. A word history; The word kudos is etymologically a singular form, a modern borrowing of Creek kudos, " glory, ...
Daniel Webster, Editors Of Webster's II Dictionaries, Webster's New World Dictionary, 1995
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The American Heritage Book of English Usage: A Practical and ...
The speed of a ship travelling "per hour per hour" would be constantly changing, since the ship would be accelerating. kudos Everyone likes to get kudos, but how much — or how many? Kudos means "praise." It comes from a Greek word that ...
Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, 1996
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Certain Microsphere Adhesives, Process for Making Same, and ...
1, Kudos Finder Tape Industrial Ltd. and Kudos Finder Trading Co. Ltd. exported repositionable paper products to the United States. REQUEST NO. 2 Kudos Finder Tape Industrial Ltd. and Kudos Finder Trading Co. Ltd. has exported to the  ...
U.S. International Trade Commission
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Don't get me wrong!: Mike Ditka's insights, outbursts, ...
Gathers quotations by and about Mike Ditka, the head coach of the Chicago Bears
Mike Ditka, Jim Stamborski, 1988
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A Word a Week
Do you think kudos is a negative or a positive word? It is hard to tell from its strange sound. As peculiar as the word kudos seems, it means something good. When an act or person deserves kudos, it is deserving of applause and praises.
Ruth Foster, 1999
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Garner's Modern American Usage
See spelling (a). kudos (best pronounced /kyoo-dahs/ or /kyoo-dohs/, with no -z sound at the end) derives from the Greek word kydos “glory.” A singular noun meaning “praise, glory,” it is sometimes erroneously thought to be a plural—e.g.:  ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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GameAxis Unwired
Official Website : www.positech.co.uk/kudos/index.html Demo Size : ~19mb Ever played The Sims? In the same way that Weird Worlds is the poor man's version of Master of Orion, so too is Kudos comparable to a more serious version of the ...
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The Elemental Staff - Book One: The Spreading Darkness ...
and satisfaction crosses Kudos's face—disdain at having his thoughts interrupted by this man and satisfaction that at least he knows his place. Kudos takes a moment to study the man before him: slightly overweight, thinning brown hair, ...
S. L. H. Tolley, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KUDOS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kudos is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nationals can only offer kudos to Kershaw | Comcast SportsNet …
The afternoon, unusual as it was, started off in such uplifting fashion. The Nationals used a pinch-hit home run from Matt den Dekker and three ... «Comcast SportsNet Washington, Jul 15»
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Mike Copeland: New building permits, Kelly Services moves …
Kudos for credit union. Genco Federal Credit Union, which has three locations in Waco, was named one of the top 200 healthiest credit unions ... «Waco Tribune-Herald, Jul 15»
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Kudos to Daines for putting Montana first | Editorials …
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines is commended for signing on as a cosponsor of a bill that would authorize the federal Land and Water Conservation ... «The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Jul 15»
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Former Lt. Randall Gross gets kudos from Nevada County …
Retired Consolidated Fire Lt. Randall Gross and his wife Trish Browne show off plaque given to Gross Thursday to honor his 26 years of ... «The Union of Grass Valley, Jul 15»
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Kudos to retiring chiefs Santell, Goeltz for jobs well done - The Herald
Kudos to retiring chiefs Santell, Goeltz for jobs well done. I RAN INTO Sharon fire Chief Bob Fiscus recently and I couldn't help point out that the ... «The Herald, Jul 15»
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Kudos for crews on gray water project
For years, the folks in the Carneros district of Napa have been working on a grey water project, primarily to use in dripping their vineyards. «Napa Valley Register, Jul 15»
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Artemis earns national kudos for inventive hydraulics ideas | News …
BRITAIN'S top prize for engineering innovation has gone to a Scottish company that is revolutionising everything from the offshore wind ... «The National, Jul 15»
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Your Call Weekly Kudos July 17, 2015
Matt Weiser, managing editor at Water Deeply gave kudos to former San Francisco Chronicle reporter Jane Kay for her National Geographic ... «KALW, Jul 15»
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Kudos: Public Healt holds food stamp violators accountable to rules
Kudos: Public Healt holds food stamp violators accountable to rules. Pacific Daily News, 7:19 p.m. ChST July 17, 2015. 635726996319639116-foodstamp. «Pacific Daily News, Jul 15»
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Kudos upon kudos to YRMC, YRH - Yuma Sun: Opinion
Kudos upon kudos to YRMC, YRH Yuma Sun letters Yumasun.com. Having fallen and breaking my right leg femur on June 13, I want to thank ... «Yuma Sun, Jul 15»

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