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highly commended

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables
high-ly -c-om-mend-ed
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not awarded a prize, but judged to be close to prize quality, in a competition.

Questions

What does highly commended mean?
Not awarded a prize, but judged to be close to prize quality, in a competition.

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