dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/kud_MW.json
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{
"kudo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": award , honor":[
"a score of honorary degrees and \u2026 other kudos",
"\u2014 Time"
],
": compliment , praise":[
"rarely hear that kind of kudo to men anymore",
"\u2014 Ellen Goodman"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00fc-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
"\u02c8ky\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolade",
"award",
"blue ribbon",
"decoration",
"distinction",
"honor",
"plume",
"premium",
"prize"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"an honorary degree from her alma mater that is simply the latest kudo for an outstanding career in journalism",
"a kudo is in order for the way the young people acquitted themselves at their first formal dance",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s the latest kudo for the limited series, which comes from Plan B, Pastel and Big Indie, with Amazon Studios. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"The country music legend was announced Tuesday as a 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, yet another industry kudo in a career brimming with accolades. \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
"The series nabbed multiple Emmy nominations during its eight-season run, including four bids for best drama series and five mentions for Hall, as well as a Peabody Award kudo in 2008. \u2014 M\u00f3nica Marie Zorrilla, Variety , 11 Jan. 2022",
"In accepting the kudo , Nelson took part in a wide-ranging virtual conversation about his career with Variety contributing writer Addie Morfoot. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 26 Aug. 2021",
"The kudos continued into draft weekend, when the Jones family lauded McCarthy\u2019s wisdom and input throughout the evaluation and selection process. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 21 May 2020",
"His trouble is that kudos abroad isn\u2019t translating into support at home as Ireland moves on from the painful saga imposed upon it by its larger neighbor. \u2014 Dara Doyle, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
"Comments flooded in on the post, giving kudos to Hanover. \u2014 Amanda Jackson, CNN , 3 Mar. 2020",
"President Donald Trump even gave the banks his personal kudos . \u2014 Keith Campbell, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"back-formation from kudos (taken as a plural)":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202809"
},
"kudos":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": praise given for achievement":[],
": fame and renown resulting from an act or achievement : prestige":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00fc-\u02ccd\u00e4s",
"-\u02ccd\u014ds",
"\u02c8ky\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"applause",
"bay(s)",
"credit",
"distinction",
"glory",
"homage",
"honor",
"laud",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clame",
"sun"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Kudos to everyone who helped.",
"The company has earned kudos for responding so quickly to customers' concerns.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And 2013 did indeed begin with a blank slate, giving kudos to the theory that Bertelsmann nabbed the money. \u2014 Jamie Fewery, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"In particular, there has been kudos for the film's direction and story \u2014 meaning that, much like Hamaguchi, the writer-director could be looking at dual nods among the increasingly worldwide scope of the Academy's directing and writing branches. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
"Hiking with a toddler or a young child seemed selfish, something done more for online kudos than family care. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 June 2022",
"Just as Maverick and Kosinski are generating kudos for real-world practical effects that put audiences in the cockpit of an F-14, the goal is to put the viewer behind the wheel of what is basically a rocket ship on a track. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
"While the Coast Guard regularly wins kudos for eking as much service out of their platforms as possible, aging platforms need lots and lots of maintenance. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"And then there are those lucky enough to earn multiple kudos for different projects \u2014 in the same year. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"While both dishes earned judges kudos for flavor and how they were cooked, in the end, Welch's dish was the winner earning her the return to the main competition. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 12 May 2022",
"Launched back in 2013, the festival has earned kudos as one of the most colorful festivals on the U.S. calendar, one that also gives space to standup comics, thinkers and public speakers from the worlds of academia and the arts. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 15 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek kydos":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1831, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041334"
},
"kudzu":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a fast-growing Asian vine ( Pueraria lobata ) of the legume family that is used for forage and erosion control and is often a serious weed in the southeastern U.S.":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ku\u0307d-(\u02cc)z\u00fc",
"\u02c8ku\u0307d-z\u00fc",
"\u02c8k\u0259d-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Where kudzu is found in the U.S. and Canada EDDMapS. 2022. \u2014 Mandi Albright, ajc , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The brilliant-but-troubled detective/cop-with-something-extra procedural has crept over the TV listings like so much kudzu , or, to be more local, bougainvillea \u2014 lovely to look at in many places but increasingly familiar in form and hue. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Leafy vines resembling Mississippi kudzu drape limestone outcroppings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Oct. 2021",
"Invaders such as kudzu , stiltgrass and ailanthus are having a party no one seems able to break up. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021",
"The crowds of athletes, performers and audience members in attendance were all greatly diminished due to COVID-19, as Tokyo faces a terrifying surge and the Delta variant spreads kudzu -like around the globe. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 23 July 2021",
"Imported from Amsterdam, these kudzu roots were laid over the course of several weeks last spring, then left mostly alone. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2021",
"Immediately following the closing of the artist\u2019s Frankfurt exhibition, the kudzu planted for it was cremated and illegally imported to New York in a trash bin sealed with duct tape. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2021",
"And this is a proper luxury SUV, offering a level of richness that the common-as- kudzu Jeeps in this segment can't match. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 26 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Japanese kuzu":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235121"
},
"Kudus":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city northeast of Semarang in central Java, Indonesia":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00fc-\u02ccd\u00fcs"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-021518"
},
"kudu":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00fc-(\u02cc)d\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the courtyard, an old man in a blue polo and a rumpled bathing suit was trying to coax a captive kudu \u2014a species of large antelope, with corkscrew horns\u2014into standing with him for a selfie. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Hunting with this for steenbuck, blesbuck, warthog, and kudu was akin to grocery shopping with a stick-shift Corvette. \u2014 Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life , 2 Mar. 2020",
"African farmers, ranchers and sportsmen have been hunting native impala, oryx, blesbok, warthogs, kudu , wildebeest, waterbuck, and all the rest (even buffalo, lion, and elephant) with medium caliber, medium power cartridges for more than a century. \u2014 Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life , 13 Jan. 2020",
"For National Geographic Traveler, he's covered a lot of ground\u2013canoeing the Yukon, hiking Chiapas jungles at night, looking for kudu in Kenya, sizing up camels at UAE markets, and creating itineraries out of David Bowie's bio. \u2014 Robert Reid, National Geographic , 5 Oct. 2019",
"The Smithsonian\u2019s National Zoo has announced the birth of one lesser kudu and the death of another. \u2014 USA TODAY , 29 Oct. 2019",
"Buffalo stand and stare, and spry kudu sprint away from passing safari cars. \u2014 Nina Strochlic, National Geographic , 30 Sep. 2019",
"Springbok and kudu are overpopulated in parts of South Africa, so the government grants certain South African tribes a certain number of the animals to cull to help manage the population. \u2014 Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Sep. 2019",
"Como\u2019s herd can be viewed daily in the outdoor zebra and kudu exhibit between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. \u2014 Nick Woltman, Twin Cities , 24 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Afrikaans koedoe , from Khoikhoi kudu-b, kudu-s":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1777, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-022143"
},
"kudize":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": grant honors to : praise":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k(y)\u00fc\u02ccd\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"kud os + -ize":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-033722"
}
}