kudo

[koo-doh, kyoo-]

noun

plural

kudos 

1. honor; glory; acclaim.

   No greater kudo could have been bestowed.

2. a statement of praise or approval; accolade; compliment.

   one kudo after another.

Usage

See kudos ¹.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kudo¹

First recorded in 1925–30; back formation from kudos ¹ ( ), misunderstood as a plural

Example Sentences

A recent study led by Professor Shiki Yagai and Mr. Ryo Kudo from the Graduate School of Engineering at Chiba University in Japan, along with a team of researchers, demonstrated how modifying chlorophyll-like molecules can direct them to form distinct structural arrangements, offering insights that could transform synthetic light-harvesting materials.

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A team of researchers at Nagoya University, led by Professor Noritaka Usami and including Lecturer Tatsuya Yokoi and Associate Professor Hiroaki Kudo and collaborators, used a new AI to analyse image data of a material widely used in solar panels, called polycrystalline silicon.

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"Anthony Weiner walked so Mike Itkis could run," quips writer Timothy Kudo.

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And I met Rex Kudo, who’s become my new brother in the last two years.

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Look beyond the usual suspects credited as collaborators on the Weeknd’s just-released “Dawn FM” — think Max Martin, think Calvin Harris, think Oneohtrix Point Never — and you’ll find a more unexpected name in the album’s liner notes: Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys, who’s listed as a writer and producer on the track “Here We Go… Again” along with Rex Kudo, known for his studio work with Post Malone and the late Juice WRLD.

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Related Words

• admiration 
• adulation 
• applause 
• blessing 
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