commend
IPA: kʌmˈɛnd
noun
- (obsolete) Commendation; praise.
- (obsolete, in the plural) Compliments; greetings.
verb
- (transitive) To congratulate or reward.
- (transitive) To praise or acclaim.
- (transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
- (transitive) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill.
- (transitive) To recommend.
- (transitive, dated) To adorn; to set off.
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Examples of "commend" in Sentences
- The work was commendable.
- He won the commendation of Edmund Burke.
- The move was mature, bold and commendable.
- The father commended his son with a reward.
- The ship received a commendation for the operation.
- Actually, what I really want to commend is the book.
- That's commendable, regardless of the ruffled feathers.
- I will commend the deserving and encourage the wayward.
- The high standards of the articles involved is commendable.
- Although the enterprise is commendable, the result is not an improvement.
- The nominator is to be commended for the level of accessibility achieved.
- Whether we may herein commend his prudence I know not; the event does not commend it, for it did not prove at all to his comfort.
- The president said he wanted to "commend" McCain, who "has already paid a significant political cost for doing the right thing" on immigration.
- Pilotshark, I again commend you on your compassionate approach to teh trolls — offering them help to overcome their affliction, rather than simple derision.