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Spell Bee Word: Commend


What does commend mean?

Word: Commend

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Commend means to praise someone formally, often in public, for something they have done well. It can also mean to recommend.

Synonyms: praise, applaud

Antonyms: condemn

How do you spell commend?

Syllables: com - mend

Tricky part: Students write comend with one m, or mix the word up with comment.

Watch out for: comend, commund, commened

Memory tip: A teacher who commends you gives two pats on the back, one for each m in the middle.

Commend in a sentence

Example 1: The principal commended Ritu for returning the lost purse.

Example 2: The judges commended the team on its neat model.

Example 3: I would commend this book to anyone who loves mysteries.

Fun Fact

Commend and command are cousins. Both go back to the Latin commendare, which meant to entrust something to someone.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

commend

a) admire
b) honour
c) criticise
d) salute

Show answer

c) criticise. Honour, admire and salute all show respect, as commend does; criticise says the reverse.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) recomend
b) priviledge
c) embarass
d) commend

Show answer

d) commend. Recommend needs two m, embarrass doubles both r and s, and privilege has no d.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dmmocen

a) commend
b) comment
c) command
d) condemn

Show answer

a) commend. Two m's, one n and no a or t: that is commend.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Felix's principal commended him in the assembly. Felix had probably ____.

a) helped a younger child carry a heavy bag
b) forgotten his homework twice
c) talked loudly during the national anthem
d) come late to school all week

Show answer

a) helped a younger child carry a heavy bag

2. 'I commend this film to all of you' means the speaker ____.

a) thinks you should watch it
b) has not seen it yet
c) wants you to avoid it
d) found it hard to follow

Show answer

a) thinks you should watch it

Associated Words

Words that end in -end: dividend, befriend, amend, legend, transcend, bend

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: applaud

More words from this list

disassemble, floral, interim, nuisance, recyclable, tectonic, abstain, auditor

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