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# commend

«commend» in Mova's school dictionary: **To praise someone or something, especially officially or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (commend, commends, commended, commending)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To praise someone or something, especially officially or in public. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commend/#m1)

2) (formal) To recommend something as good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commend/#m2)

3) (church) To give someone into the care of another, especially into God's care ("I commend her to God"). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commend/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in school reports and awards (commended for effort), news (a firefighter commended for bravery), and church prayers. It tells the reader someone is praised. Phrases: highly commended, commend for, commend to God.

### examples

- The head teacher commended the class for their good behaviour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commend/#x1)
- Her poem was highly commended in the competition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commend/#x2)
- The firefighter was commended for his bravery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commend/#x3)
- I would commend this book to anyone who loves animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commend/#x4)
- At the funeral the priest commended her soul to God. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commend/#x5)
- The coach commended our teamwork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commend/#x6)
- The judges commended every entry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commend/#x7)
- Then she commended herself to God, and went out and travelled the whole night till she came to a large forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commend/#x8)

### note

Formal; plain words: praise, recommend. "Highly commended" is a prize just below the winners. Noun: commendation. Do not confuse with command (give an order) or comment.

### In the corpora

- [A man shall be commended according to his intelligence; but he that is of a distorted understanding shall be despised.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.329/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «commend» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commend/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.