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Definition: Commend |
CommendVerb1. Express approval of. 2. Present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence; "His paintings commend him to the artistic world". 3. Give to in charge; "I commend my children to you". 4. Express a good opinion of. 5. Mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "commend" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Note: Commend \Com*mend"\, noun. 1. Commendation; praise. [Obsolete]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: CommendSynonyms: recommend (v), remember (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Approbation | Commend, belaud, praise, laud, compliment; pay a tribute, bepraise; clap the hands; applaud, cheer, acclamate, encore; panegyrize, eulogize, cry up, proner, puff; extol, extol to the skies; magnify, glorify, exalt, swell, make much of; flatter; bless, give a blessing to; have a good word for, say a good word for; speak well of, speak highly of, speak in high terms of; sing the praises of, sound the praises of, chaunt the praises of; resound the praises of; sing praises to; cheer to the echo, applaud to the echo, applaud to the very echo, cheer to the very echo. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Commend |
| English words defined with "commend": Betake, Bitake, Blobber lip ♦ Commendatory, Commended, Commending ♦ To speak well for. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "commend": Dying Sayings ♦ Wild Women. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "commend": Commodore ♦ mandate. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Father, into your hands I commend my spirit! (Jesus Christ Superstar; writing credit: Tim Rice) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Quotation |
Henry Fielding | Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor. |
Solon | Reprove thy friend privately, commend him publicly. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | I understand him without his speaking, and we commend ourselves to Providence. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Commend me to Lord William. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rudolph Giuliani | From Mr. Ray's point of view, I think it was a very wise and appropriate exercise of prosecutorial discretion. I think, as we look back, historically, I think, all of us now commend President Ford for pardoning President Nixon and putting that behind us. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Commend" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 52.82% of the time. "Commend" is used about 284 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 52.82% | 150 | 25,701 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 47.18% | 134 | 27,488 |
| Total | 100.00% | 284 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "commend": commend to. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "commend"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | prys (glorify, laud, praise, price), aanprys (recommend, register), aanbeveel (recommend, register). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lavdëroj (belaud, emblazon, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, glory, Laud, magnify, panegyrize, praise, puff, vaunt), lëvdoj (cry up, eulogize, flatter, gasconade, glorify, Laud, praise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مدح (commendation, compliment, crack, eulogize, praise), وصى (advise, boost, charge, executor, exhort, settle), ودع (check, commit, consign, entrust, keep, keeping, let, let go, lodge, part from, pay, see off, send off, store), عجب (admire, appreciate, elation, enamor, enamour, fall for, marvel, overconfidence, please, pomp, strike, vainglory, weirdness, wonder, wonderment), طرى (applaud, approve, baste, compliment, crack, dress, flatter, flattering, puff, refresh, salute, soften, supple, tender), إستودع. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хваля (gasconade, pay tribute to, praise, talk up, vaunt), нравя се на (please, suit), предавам поздрави, похвалвам (praise), поверявам (bequeath, commit, confide, consign, disembosom, entrust, intrust, recommend, unbosom, whisper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 表彰 (cite), 称赞 (Commendation, Commended, Commending, Praise, Praised, Praising), 稱 (balanced, steelyard, suitable, to address, to call, to consider, to estimate, to fit, to name, to praise, to say, to weigh, well-off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | chválit (praise), zmínit se pochvalnì, schválit (approbate, authorize, ok, okay, pass, ratify, sanction, validate, vote), doporuèit (recommend, to recommend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | rose (glorify, laud, praise, rose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | roemen (glorify, laud, praise), loven (glorify, laud, praise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | laŭdi (laud, praise), glori (glorify, laud, praise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | rósa (laud, praise, rose), heiðra (distinguish, glorify, laud, praise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ستودن (Adore, Allow, Applaud, Eulogize, Extol, Glorify, Praise), ستایش کردن (Eulogize, Glorify, Kudos, Laud). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ylistää (celebrate in song, eulogize, extol, glorify, laud, praise, sing the praises of), suositella (recommend, register), kunnioittaa (do homage to, esteem, glorify, honour, laud, praise, respect, think well of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | recommander, glorifier. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | oanrikkemandearje (recommend, register), oanpriizje (recommend, register), oanpriizgje (recommend, register), oanbefelje (recommend, register). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | loben (glorify, laud, praise, to commend, to laud, to praise), empfehlen (advise, entrust, recommend, register, suggest, to commend, to recommend, to suggest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επαινώ (compliment, extol, praise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לשבח (applaud, compliment, exalt, glorify, improve, praise), ל"מליץ על. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rábíz (allot, commit, confide, consign, leave, to allot, to commend, to consign, to entrust, to remit, to vest), dicsér (compliment, eulogize, Laud, praise, to bless, to commend, to compliment, to eulogize, to exalt, to glorify, to laud, to praise), ajánl (offer, proffer, propone, propose, recommend, suggest, to advise, to commend, to counsel, to dedicate, to exhort, to nominate, to proffer, to put up, to recommend, to suggest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menghargai (appreciate, appreciative, value). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | raccomandare (advise, commit, counsel, entrust, intrust, recommend, register, to recommend, urge), lodare (eulogise, eulogize, extol, extoll, laud, praise), vantare (boast of, claim, extol, extoll, praise, recommend, register, show off, vaunt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | anjur ... menganjurkan (recommend, register). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | moylley (advocate; compliments, applaud, applause, bamboozle, boost, boost praise, cheer, cheer praise, commendation, compliment, gull, laud, plaudits, praise, promotion, put forward, recommend, recommendation, tribute), cur fo currym (commit, consign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | rose, anbefale (recommend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | consehá (recommend, register), rekomendá (recommend, register), gaba (laud, praise), alabá (laud, praise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ommendcay chwalić, polecić. (various references) recomendar (advise, recommend, to recommend), elogiar (belaud, cry up, eulogize, glamorise, glamorize, glamourize, laud, panegyrize, praise, run up, write up). (various references) recomanda (advise, indicate, introduce, order, prescribe, recommend, suggest), lãuda (boast, brag, cry up, flatter, praise, talk up), interesa (affect, concern, import, interest, involve), atrage (allure, appeal, attract, bespeak, call, captivate, conciliate, court, decoy, draw, draw in, enamor, enamour, engage, entice, fetch, fix, interest, inveigle, lure, magnetize, win), aplauda (acclaim, applaud, cheer, clap, greet, welcome), încredinţa cuiva spre pãstrare. (various references) хвалить (compliment, eulogize). (various references) mol (laud, mal and mul, praise, recommend). (various references) predati (commit, consign, deliver, give in, give in charge, give over, hand, hand down, hand over, pass on, reach, surrender), pohvaliti (laud). (various references) alabar (applaud, extol, extoll, hail, laud, praise), recomender (recommend, register), ensalzar (exalt, extol, extoll, praise, recommend, register), encarecer (recommend, register), certificar (attest, certificate, certify, recommend, record, register, warrant). (various references) rekommendera (recommend, register), prisa (celebrate, celibrate, extol, glorify, gloryfy, laud, praise), berömma (Laud, praise), anbefalla (charge, enjoin, recommend, register). (various references) tavsiye etmek (advise, exhort, order, preach, recommend, suggest), saygılarını sunmak (pay one's respects to), methetmek (eulogize, extol, extoll, Laud, lay it on with a trowel, praise, speak in praise of smb.), emanet etmek (bail, commit, confide, consign, deposit, entrust, resign, trust, trust smb. with smth.), övmek (acclaim, accord praise, belaud, boost, build up, celebrate, compliment, crack up, cry up, emblazon, eulogize, exalt, extol, extoll, flatter, glorify, magnify, panegyrize, pay tribute, praise, puff, sing smb.'s praise, sing the praises of, speak in praise of smb., talk up, vaunt). (various references) рекомендувати (counsel, recommend), хвалити (compliment, glorify, praise), привертати (draw, invite, predispose), приваблювати (appeal, attract, captivate, court, fetch, incline, lure, magnetize, pull, take, tempt). (various references) canmol (praise). (various references) -phakamisa (advance, offer, propose, recommend, register, suggest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adprobabit, adprobatum, commendare, conciliare, concilio, conlaudabant, conlaudabo, conlaudabunt, conlaudantes, conlaudate, conlaudent, conlaudes, laudare, proba, probabat, probabis, probabitur, probabo, probabuntur, probans, probant, probantes, probare, probarentur, probaret, probas, probassem, probasset, probasti, probat, probata, probatam, probate, probati, probatissimi, probatissimum, probato, probator, probatum, probatur, probatus, probaveritis, probaverunt, probavi, probavimus, probavit, probemus, probent, probentur, probes, probet, probetis, probetur. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | bebeodan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 16, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Sunisthmi de umin foibhn thn adelfhn hmwn ousan diakonon thV ekklhsiaV thV en kegcreaiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Commendo autem vobis Phoebem sororem nostram quae est in ministerio ecclesiae quae est Cenchris |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ic here eow ure swuster Phoebe þe is þeow þære cyrice on Cencream. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Y comende to you Feben, oure sister, which is in the seruyce of the chirche that is at Teucris, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | I commede vnto you Phebe oure sister (which is a minister of the congregacion of Chenchrea) |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I commend to you Phebe our sister, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Romans Chapter 16, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ipailaila ko diha kaninyo si Febe nga atong igsoong babaye, usa ka alagad sa iglesia sa Cencrea, |
| Croatian | Preporuèujem vam Febu, sestru našu, poslužiteljicu Crkve u Kenhreji: |
| Danish | Men jeg anbefaler eder Føbe, vor Søster, som er Tjenerinde ved Menighed i Kenkreæ, |
| Dutch | En ik beveel u Febe, onze zuster, die een dienares is der Gemeente, die te Kenchreen is; |
| Finnish | Minä suljen teidän suosioonne sisaremme Foiben, joka on Kenkrean seurakunnan palvelija, |
| French | Je vous recommande Phoebé, notre soeur, qui est diaconesse de l`Église de Cenchrées, |
| German | Ich befehle euch aber unsere Schwester Phöbe, welche ist im Dienste der Gemeinde zu Kenchreä, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Saya ingin memperkenalkan saudari kita, Febe. Ia membantu jemaat di Kengkrea. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka aku pertaruhkan kepadamu Pebe, saudara kita yang perempuan ini, yang menjadi pelayan sidang jemaat di Kenkeria itu. |
| Italian | Vi raccomando Febe, nostra sorella, diaconessa della Chiesa di Cencre: |
| Latvian | Un es jums ieteicu Fçbu, mûsu mâsu, kas kalpo Kenhrejas baznîcâ. |
| Maori | ¶ Tena to matou tuahine, a Pipi, te tukua atu na e ahau ki a koutou, he kaimahi ia na te hahi i Kenekerea: |
| Norwegian | Jeg anbefaler eder Føbe, vår søster, som er menighets-tjenerinne i Kenkreæ, |
| Portuguese | Recomendo-vos a nossa irmã Febe, que é serva da igreja que está em Cencréia; |
| Russian | рТЕ"УФБЧМСА ЧБН жЙЧХ, УЕУФТХ ОБЫХ, "ЙБЛПОЙУУХ "ЕТЛЧЙ лЕОИТЕКУЛПК. |
| Shuar | ¶ Ii umai Jépeka Senkrea péprunmaya Yus-shuaran Yáiniaiti. Ti penker Yus-shuaraiti. |
| Spanish | Os recomiendo a nuestra hermana Febe, diaconisa de la iglesia que está en Cencrea, |
| Swahili | Napenda kumjulisha kwenu dada yetu Foibe ambaye ni mtumishi katika kanisa la Kenkrea. |
| Swedish | Anbefallning för Febe. Hälsningar. Varning för falska lärare. Slutord. |
| Uma | ¶ Hante sura-ku toi, kupopo'incai-koi kahema-nai Febe. Hi'a-mi ompi' hampepangalaa' -ta to mpotulungi topetuku' Pue' Yesus hi ngata Kengkrea. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "commend": commendable, commendably, commendation, commendations, commendatory, commended, commender, commenders, commending, commends. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "commend": discommend, recommend. (additional references) | |
Words containing "commend": discommended, discommending, discommends, recommendable, recommendation, recommendations, recommendatory, recommended, recommending, recommends. (additional references) | |
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"Commend" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: comand, comen, comend, comind, commem, commen, commenda, commund, compen, Comten, cummen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "commend" (pronounced kume"nd) |
| 6 | k u m e" n d | recommend. |
| 5 | -u m e" n d | amend. |
| 4 | -m e" n d | mend. |
| 3 | -e" n d | append, apprehend, ascend, attend, befriend, bend, blend, comprehend, condescend, contend, defend, depend, descend, distend, end, expend, extend, fend, friend, impend, intend, lend, misspend, offend, overextend, penned, portend, pretend, relend, send, spend, suspend, tend, transcend, trend, unbend, wend, yearend. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-m-m-n-o" | |
-2 letters: coden, coned, demon, modem, monde. | |
-3 letters: code, coed, come, cone, deco, demo, dome, done, memo, mend, meno, mode, mome, node, nome, omen, once. | |
-4 letters: cod, con, den, doc, doe, dom, don, end, eon, med, mem, men, moc, mod, mom, mon, nod, nom, ode, one. | |
-5 letters: de, do, ed, em, en, me, mm, mo, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-m-m-n-o" | |
+1 letter: commends, communed. | |
+2 letters: commanded, commander, commenced, commended, commender, commented, incommode, recommend. | |
+3 letters: commandeer, commanders, commandery, commandoes, commenders, commending, commingled, comminuted, communised, communized, compendium, discommend, incommoded, incommodes, recommends. | |
+4 letters: commandable, commandeers, commandment, commendable, commendably, commentated, compendiums, consummated, discommends, hemodynamic, recommenced, recommended, seminomadic, uncommitted. | |
+5 letters: commandeered, commanderies, commandments, commendation, commendatory, commissioned, communalized, communicated, complemented, complimented, decommission, discommended, dynamometric, hemodynamics, micromanaged, noncommitted, recommending. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Spoken 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Bible Trace | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Bibliography |
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