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verb- 1.
(transitive)To congratulate or reward.
The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building.
Đồng nghĩa: felicitate, take one's hat off to
- 2.
(transitive)To praise or acclaim.
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."
Đồng nghĩa: exalt, extol, laud, aggrandize, applaud, enthrone, appraise, belaud, bepraise, commend, cry up, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, honor, idolize, laud, lionize, magnify, panegyrize, praise, puff, revere, speak well of, transfigure, venerate, worthy
- 3.
(transitive)To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
After being imprisoned, I had to commend my kids to my mom's safekeeping.
- 4.
(transitive)To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill; give regards from
- 5.
(transitive)To recommend.
- 6.
(dated, transitive)To adorn; to set off.
Đồng nghĩa: array, deck, ornament, adore, adorn, apparel, array, invest, detail, beautify, bedeck, betrim, commend, decorate, decore, deck, deck out, do up, dress up, dub, embellish, enrich, garnish, grace, mangonize, ornament, prettify, pretty up
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(obsolete)Commendation; praise.
Đồng nghĩa: accolade, commendation, douceur, accolade, approbation, approval, attaboy, compliment, commend, commendation, congratulation, douceur, encomium, encouragement, extolment, laudation, laudits, praise, props, tout
- 2.
(in plural, obsolete)(obsolete, in the plural) Compliments; greetings.
Đồng nghĩa: salutation
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ine-pro 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). command.