Commend
verb
To praise or express approval for someone or something.
I commend you for your hard work on this project.
Often appears as...
- commend someone for something
- commend the effort
verb
To present someone as suitable and deserving of respect.
She was commended to the manager for her exceptional skills.
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- commend someone to
- commend someone for a position
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To give something into another's care.
I commend this matter into your capable hands.
Often appears as...
- commend something to someone
- commend someone's care
verb
To praise or express approval for someone or something.
I commend you for your hard work on this project.
Often appears as...
- commend someone for something
- commend the effort
verb
To present someone as suitable and deserving of respect.
She was commended to the manager for her exceptional skills.
Often appears as...
- commend someone to
- commend someone for a position
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To give something into another's care.
I commend this matter into your capable hands.
Often appears as...
- commend something to someone
- commend someone's care
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Feedback
Use 'commend' when offering positive remarks about someone’s actions or achievements.
Your teamwork on this project is highly commendable.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Recognition
Employ 'commend' in situations where formal or public acknowledgment is suitable, often in written text.
The committee commends your dedication to the cause.
Pro Tip 3/3Sincerity Implication
'Commend' implies sincerity; avoid using it for sarcastic or insincere praise.
She sincerely commended the volunteers for their selfless work.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Feedback
Use 'commend' when offering positive remarks about someone’s actions or achievements.
Your teamwork on this project is highly commendable.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Recognition
Employ 'commend' in situations where formal or public acknowledgment is suitable, often in written text.
The committee commends your dedication to the cause.
Pro Tip 3/3Sincerity Implication
'Commend' implies sincerity; avoid using it for sarcastic or insincere praise.
She sincerely commended the volunteers for their selfless work.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Feedback
Use 'commend' when offering positive remarks about someone’s actions or achievements.
Your teamwork on this project is highly commendable.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Recognition
Employ 'commend' in situations where formal or public acknowledgment is suitable, often in written text.
The committee commends your dedication to the cause.
Pro Tip 3/3Sincerity Implication
'Commend' implies sincerity; avoid using it for sarcastic or insincere praise.
She sincerely commended the volunteers for their selfless work.
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How a typeface helped...
In fact, this whole system carries through with the way that the typeface was designed. To not look like it was made like other typefaces, to be something new. Here it is in the lightweight, the medium weight and the bold weight. The whole family has different things to commend to it. This was a conscious break from the past,
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Exploring the Edge of...
longer than I look we we look for our way our penalty is it's really fuzzy when you look at that stuff out there I need a big telescope and you'd need a lot of head-scratching but you really can see farther back in time of course we commend our observatory a lot quicker than it only takes a few seconds for the
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Looks aren't everything....
is a legacy that was built for me and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on and I know there are people in the audience who are skeptical at this point and maybe there are some fashionistas we're like wait Naomi Tyra Joan Smalls Liu Wen and first I commend you on your model knowledge very impressive but
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Looks aren't everything....
and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on. And I know there are people in the audience who are skeptical at this point, and maybe there are some fashionistas who are like, "Wait. Naomi. Tyra. Joan Smalls. Liu Wen." And first, I commend you on your model knowledge. Very impressive.
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The myth of Zeus' test -...
It grew larger and sprouted marble pillars and steps. Legends etched themselves onto its grand doors. Their rickety cottage had metamorphosed into a gleaming temple for the gods. Hermes commended the couple and gently asked if there was anything they desired.
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Thoughts on humanity,...
and Supermen of the world, you have to commend them, because it really hurts in the crotch, that superhero suit. Yeah, I'm being honest. I need to tell you this here. Really. And accidentally, I happened to even invent a new dance form
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Marc Pachter: The art of...
is really waiting for people to ask them questions, so that they can be truthful about who they are and how they became what they are, and I commend that to you, even if you're not doing interviews. Just be that way with your friends
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Working Dogs PIPE National...
the dog who communicates to the trainer where people may be trapped and who commend signal authorities but dogs don't necessarily have to be the strong and sturdy types to be workers when it comes to helping special needs people
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How we can navigate the...
think and I commend this to everyone right now think of the wonderful things to say thank you for and they will lift your spirit and I'll ask one last question from a line you know you spoke of a just world could you
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A practical way to help...
through the dignity of work. And I want to commend them -- the mayors, their communities, their nonprofits -- for the work that they're doing. So who's next? Are you and your city ready to step up?
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How a typeface helped...
In fact, this whole system carries through with the way that the typeface was designed. To not look like it was made like other typefaces, to be something new. Here it is in the lightweight, the medium weight and the bold weight. The whole family has different things to commend to it. This was a conscious break from the past,
Video examples
Exploring the Edge of...
longer than I look we we look for our way our penalty is it's really fuzzy when you look at that stuff out there I need a big telescope and you'd need a lot of head-scratching but you really can see farther back in time of course we commend our observatory a lot quicker than it only takes a few seconds for the
Video examples
Looks aren't everything....
is a legacy that was built for me and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on and I know there are people in the audience who are skeptical at this point and maybe there are some fashionistas we're like wait Naomi Tyra Joan Smalls Liu Wen and first I commend you on your model knowledge very impressive but
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Looks aren't everything....
and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on. And I know there are people in the audience who are skeptical at this point, and maybe there are some fashionistas who are like, "Wait. Naomi. Tyra. Joan Smalls. Liu Wen." And first, I commend you on your model knowledge. Very impressive.
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The myth of Zeus' test -...
It grew larger and sprouted marble pillars and steps. Legends etched themselves onto its grand doors. Their rickety cottage had metamorphosed into a gleaming temple for the gods. Hermes commended the couple and gently asked if there was anything they desired.
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
and Supermen of the world, you have to commend them, because it really hurts in the crotch, that superhero suit. Yeah, I'm being honest. I need to tell you this here. Really. And accidentally, I happened to even invent a new dance form
Video examples
Marc Pachter: The art of...
is really waiting for people to ask them questions, so that they can be truthful about who they are and how they became what they are, and I commend that to you, even if you're not doing interviews. Just be that way with your friends
Video examples
Working Dogs PIPE National...
the dog who communicates to the trainer where people may be trapped and who commend signal authorities but dogs don't necessarily have to be the strong and sturdy types to be workers when it comes to helping special needs people
Video examples
How we can navigate the...
think and I commend this to everyone right now think of the wonderful things to say thank you for and they will lift your spirit and I'll ask one last question from a line you know you spoke of a just world could you
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A practical way to help...
through the dignity of work. And I want to commend them -- the mayors, their communities, their nonprofits -- for the work that they're doing. So who's next? Are you and your city ready to step up?
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Jake Owen
American Musician
Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do. I've done it. But I also think that you can pick great songs outside that you didn't write that can help your career.
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Derek Fisher
American Athlete
I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.
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Mike Braun
American Politician
Hoosiers deserve a straightforward approach about information regarding blocked railroad crossings and I commend the Federal Railroad Administration's willingness to work with all parties involved on this important issue.
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Sharon Salzberg
American Author
I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
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Clayton M. Christensen
American Author
This is why I belong, and why I believe. I commend to all this same search for happiness and for the truth.
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
American Boxer
I commend Chris Brown and Soulja Boy for going out there for so many years and entertaining the people.
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Thomas Fuller
English Clergyman
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.
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Rita Mae Brown
American Writer
If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.
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Jake Owen
American Musician
Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do. I've done it. But I also think that you can pick great songs outside that you didn't write that can help your career.
Quote examples
Derek Fisher
American Athlete
I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it.
Quote examples
Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.
Quote examples
Mike Braun
American Politician
Hoosiers deserve a straightforward approach about information regarding blocked railroad crossings and I commend the Federal Railroad Administration's willingness to work with all parties involved on this important issue.
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Sharon Salzberg
American Author
I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
Quote examples
Clayton M. Christensen
American Author
This is why I belong, and why I believe. I commend to all this same search for happiness and for the truth.
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
American Boxer
I commend Chris Brown and Soulja Boy for going out there for so many years and entertaining the people.
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Thomas Fuller
English Clergyman
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.
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Rita Mae Brown
American Writer
If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.
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