kudos
Praise; accoladesPraise; accolades.
» Kudos for your outstanding achievement!
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2 senses(uncountable)Praise; accolades.
The talented, young playwright received much kudos for his new drama.
I gave Chelsea much kudos for the birth of her first daughter.
Lob, Beifall, Applaus
сла́ваsláva, хвала́xvalá, похвала́poxvalá
(uncountable)Credit for one's achievements.
Ruhm, Ehre, Ansehen
- an expression of approval and commendation
Examples
2 sentencesKudos for your outstanding achievement!
Kudos to us!
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos, “praise, renown”).Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos, “praise, renown”).
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- an expression of approval and commendation:praisecongratulationsextolment
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.