commend
/kəˈmɛnd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.25 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building."
- "The new law has little to commend it: it even worsens the legal certainty of the nation."
- "1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xliiij, leaf 242v Thenne Quene Gueneuer commended hym and soo dyd alle other good knyghtes made moche of hym excepte sire Gawayns bretheren / "Then Queen Guenever commended him, and so did all other good knights make much of him, except Sir Gawaine’s brethren.""
- "Segrais on this Subject of a Heroe's ſhedding Tears, obſerves that Hiſtorians commend Alexander for weeping, when he read the mighty Actions of Achilles."
- "After being imprisoned, I had to commend my kids to my mom's safekeeping."
- "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit."