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C1 Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment

US /kəˈmɛnd/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like command /ɛ/ vs /æ/

Freq #16153

Meanings

1

verb
To praise someone or something formally.

The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the fire.
2

verb
To recommend something as worthy or good.

The new policy has little to commend it.
3

verb
To entrust someone or something to another's care.

Before leaving, she commended her children to her mother's care.

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1 verb · to praise someone or... praise applaud extol

Word family

Forms commendedcommendingcommendsdiscommends

Derived forms commendabilitycommendercommendinglycommendmentdiscommendovercommenduncommended

Related forms approval commendable commendationcommendatoryconsider recommend suggest

Etymology

From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command.

*(s)meh₂- Proto-Indo-European commenden Middle English comender Old French commendō Latin

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# commend

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /kəˈmɛnd/
**Frequency rank:** 16153

## Meanings
1. To praise someone or something formally.
2. To recommend something as worthy or good.
3. To entrust someone or something to another's care.

## Examples
- The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the fire.
- The new policy has little to commend it.
- Before leaving, she commended her children to her mother's care.

## Derived Forms
- commendability
- commender
- commendingly
- commendment
- discommend
- overcommend
- uncommended

## Related Forms
- approval
- commendable
- commendation
- commendatory
- consider
- recommend
- suggest

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)meh₂-
- Root: commenden
- Root: comender
- Root: commendō

## Etymology
From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command.

## AI Etymology
Commend is from Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it can mean to praise someone or something formally, or to recommend something as worthy or good. Related forms include approval, commendable, commendation, commendatory, consider. Derived formations include commendability, commender, commendingly, commendment, discommend.

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment

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