Rows of houses, each of them different and pleasing with their spacious gardens, are replaced by purely functional blocks of flats which have nothing more to commend them than over-praised 'modern conveniences'.
Source: tatoeba (73230)
Commend
//kəˈmɛnd//
Synonyms for "commend" (113 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (56)
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14 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
7 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
79 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- поверявам verb (to entrust)
- поздравявам verb (to congratulate or reward)
- препоръчвам verb (to praise)
- хваля verb (to praise)
Catalan
1 entries- lloar verb (to praise)
Dutch
1 entries- prijzen verb (to praise)
Esperanto
3 entries- gratuli verb (to congratulate or reward)
- konfidi verb (to entrust)
- laŭdi verb (to praise)
Finnish
4 entries- antaa huomaan verb (to entrust)
- antaa huostaan verb (to entrust)
- kiitellä verb (to praise)
- onnitella verb (to congratulate or reward)
French
4 entries- féliciter verb (to congratulate or reward)
- féliciter verb (to praise)
- louer verb (to praise)
- recommander verb (to entrust)
Friulian
1 entries- laudâ verb (to praise)
Galician
4 entries- congratular verb (to congratulate or reward)
- eloxiar verb (to praise)
- felicitar verb (to congratulate or reward)
- loar verb (to praise)
German
4 entries- anbefehlen verb (to entrust)
- anempfehlen verb (to entrust)
- anvertrauen verb (to entrust)
- beglückwünschen verb (to congratulate or reward)
Hindi
3 entries- प्रशंसा करना verb (to praise)
- सराहना verb (to praise)
- सराहना करना verb (to congratulate or reward)
Hungarian
4 entries- ajánl verb (to entrust)
- beajánl verb (to entrust)
- bíz verb (to entrust)
- dicsér verb (to praise)
Italian
4 entries- affidare verb (to entrust)
- elogiare verb (to praise)
- encomiare verb (to congratulate or reward)
- lodare verb (to praise)
Latin
2 entries- commendō verb (to entrust)
- laudō verb (to praise)
Middle English
4 entries- commenden verb (to praise)
- commenden verb (to entrust)
- enhauncen verb (to praise)
- recommenden verb (to entrust)
Persian
2 entries- تقدیر کردن verb (to congratulate or reward)
- سپردن verb (to entrust)
Portuguese
4 entries- elogiar verb (to praise)
- encomiar verb (to praise)
- louvar verb (to praise)
- parabenizar verb (to congratulate or reward)
Romanian
4 entries- elogia verb (to praise)
- felicita verb (to congratulate or reward)
- lăuda verb (to praise)
- recomanda verb (to entrust)
Russian
4 entries- вверять verb (to entrust)
- поздравлять verb (to congratulate or reward)
- предава́ть verb (to entrust)
- хвалить verb (to praise)
Spanish
4 entries- alabar verb (to praise)
- congratular verb (to congratulate or reward)
- cumplimentar verb (to praise)
- elogiar verb (to praise)
Telugu
1 entries- మెచ్చుకొను verb (to praise)
Tocharian A
1 entries- päl verb (to praise)
Tocharian B
1 entries- päl verb (to praise)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
I commend Tom for his bravery.
Source: tatoeba (5736174)
We commend the past, but live the present.
Source: tatoeba (9101500)
They said I would never walk again, and I really have to commend them for their spot-on diagnosis.
Source: tatoeba (10076825)
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