commend
verb/kəˈmend/
/kəˈmend/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they commend | /kəˈmend/ /kəˈmend/ |
| he / she / it commends | /kəˈmendz/ /kəˈmendz/ |
| past simple commended | /kəˈmendɪd/ /kəˈmendɪd/ |
| past participle commended | /kəˈmendɪd/ /kəˈmendɪd/ |
| -ing form commending | /kəˈmendɪŋ/ /kəˈmendɪŋ/ |
- commend somebody/something (for something/for doing something) | commend somebody/something (on something/on doing something) to praise somebody/something, especially publicly
- She was commended on her handling of the situation.
- His designs were highly commended by the judges (= they did not get a prize but they were especially praised).
- His book was highly commended.
Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition- for
- to
- be highly commended
- be widely commended
- something has little, much, nothing, etc. to commend it
- …
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- commend somebody/something (to somebody) (formal) to recommend somebody/something to somebody
- She is an excellent worker and I commend her to you without reservation.
- The movie has little to commend it (= it has few good qualities).
Extra ExamplesTopics Suggestions and advicec2- The proposed site has much to commend it.
- She said she would commend the proposal to the Board.
- commend itself to somebody (formal) if something commends itself to somebody, they approve of it
- His outspoken behaviour did not commend itself to his colleagues.
- commend somebody/something to somebody (formal) to give somebody/something to somebody in order to be taken care of
- We commend her soul to God.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin commendare, from com- (expressing intensive force) + mandare ‘commit, entrust’. Compare with command.
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