KENNEDY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kennedy mean? 

• KENNEDY (noun)
  The noun KENNEDY has 2 senses:

1. 35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)

2. a large airport on Long Island to the east of New York City

  Familiarity information: KENNEDY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KENNEDY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jack Kennedy; JFK; John Fitzgerald Kennedy; Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy; President Kennedy

Instance hypernyms:

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large airport on Long Island to the east of New York City

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Kennedy; Kennedy International; Kennedy International Airport

Instance hypernyms:

aerodrome; airdrome; airport; drome (an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo)

Holonyms ("Kennedy" is a part of...):

Long Island (an island in southeastern New York; Brooklyn and Queens are on its western end)

 Context examples 

Yet slightly dirty water such as that which has been used for laundry is still effective when combined with soap, handwashing specialist Myriam Sidibe, a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, told.

(Slightly dirty water ‘still ok’ against coronavirus, SciDev.Net)

The study was led by Pauline Mendola, Ph.D., an investigator at NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

(Air pollution exposure in early pregnancy linked to miscarriage, National Institutes of Health)

Also called HIPAA and Kassebaum Kennedy Act.

(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Kassebaum Kennedy Act.

(HIPAA, NCI Dictionary)

The study was led Leonid Margolis, Ph.D., of NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

(Vesicles released by bacteria may reduce the spread of HIV in human tissue, National Institutes of Health)

The research, led by E. Mark Mahone, Ph.D., was conducted at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore.

(Atypical brain development observed in preschoolers with ADHD symptoms, National Institutes of Health)

The study was conducted by Pauline Mendola, Ph.D., an investigator in the Epidemiology Branch at NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and colleagues.

(Persistent organic pollutants in maternal blood linked to smaller fetal size, National Institutes of Health)

Researchers from NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and other institutions paired the blood glucose test with a blood test for free fatty acids.

(Researchers identify method to verify if children fasted before medical testing, National Institutes of Health)

Dietary supplements containing zinc and folic acid — marketed as a treatment for male infertility — do not appear to improve pregnancy rates, sperm counts or sperm function, according to a study conducted by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health.

(Zinc, folic acid supplement does not improve male fertility, National Institutes of Health)

Antioxidant supplements do not improve semen quality among men with infertility, according to a new study supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health.

(Antioxidant supplements do not improve male fertility, National Institutes of Health)