Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of commending.
- noun Something, especially an official award or citation, that commends.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of commending; praise; approbation; favorable representation in words; declaration of esteem.
- noun That which commends or recommends; a ground of esteem, approbation, or praise.
- noun Kind remembrance; respects; greeting; message of love: commonly in the plural.
- noun In feudal law, the cession by a freeman to a lord of dominion over himself and his estate, the freeman thus becoming the vassal and securing the protection of the lord.
- noun In the medieval church in England, a service consisting of psalms, said in the church over a corpse while the priest was marking and blessing the grave before proceeding to the funeral mass and the burial-service proper.
- noun Synonyms Recommendation, encomium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
- noun That which is the ground of approbation or praise.
- noun obsolete A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
commending ;praise ;favorable representation in words;recommendation . - noun That which is the ground of
approbation orpraise . - noun A message of
affection orrespect ;compliments ;greeting . - noun An
award orrecognition forperformance ; amedal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
- noun a message expressing a favorable opinion
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Examples
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Let us not lose track of the fact that she is a fringe extremist with as much chance of winning state-wide election as Mel Gibson has of winning a commendation from the National Organization of Women.
Dylan Brody: Christine O'Donnell Is Just a Stalking Horse in Cute Pumps Dylan Brody 2010
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Let us not lose track of the fact that she is a fringe extremist with as much chance of winning state-wide election as Mel Gibson has of winning a commendation from the National Organization of Women.
Dylan Brody: Christine O'Donnell Is Just a Stalking Horse in Cute Pumps Dylan Brody 2010
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Granted, it is very easy to get laughs and gasps pointing out the antics of a trained monkey dressed up as a sexy candidate for public office, but let us not lose track of the fact that she is a fringe extremist with as much chance of winning her state-wide election as Mel Gibson has of winning a commendation from the National Organization of Women.
Dylan Brody: Christine O'Donnell Is Just a Stalking Horse in Cute Pumps Dylan Brody 2010
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Let us not lose track of the fact that she is a fringe extremist with as much chance of winning state-wide election as Mel Gibson has of winning a commendation from the National Organization of Women.
Dylan Brody: Christine O'Donnell Is Just a Stalking Horse in Cute Pumps Dylan Brody 2010
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Granted, it is very easy to get laughs and gasps pointing out the antics of a trained monkey dressed up as a sexy candidate for public office, but let us not lose track of the fact that she is a fringe extremist with as much chance of winning her state-wide election as Mel Gibson has of winning a commendation from the National Organization of Women.
Dylan Brody: Christine O'Donnell Is Just a Stalking Horse in Cute Pumps Dylan Brody 2010
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I have nothing to add as this stands on its own, but I just wanted to commend where commendation is due.
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Granted, it is very easy to get laughs and gasps pointing out the antics of a trained monkey dressed up as a sexy candidate for public office, but let us not lose track of the fact that she is a fringe extremist with as much chance of winning her state-wide election as Mel Gibson has of winning a commendation from the National Organization of Women.
Dylan Brody: Christine O'Donnell Is Just a Stalking Horse in Cute Pumps Dylan Brody 2010
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Granted, it is very easy to get laughs and gasps pointing out the antics of a trained monkey dressed up as a sexy candidate for public office, but let us not lose track of the fact that she is a fringe extremist with as much chance of winning her state-wide election as Mel Gibson has of winning a commendation from the National Organization of Women.
Dylan Brody: Christine O'Donnell Is Just a Stalking Horse in Cute Pumps Dylan Brody 2010
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Granted, it is very easy to get laughs and gasps pointing out the antics of a trained monkey dressed up as a sexy candidate for public office, but let us not lose track of the fact that she is a fringe extremist with as much chance of winning her state-wide election as Mel Gibson has of winning a commendation from the National Organization of Women.
Dylan Brody: Christine O'Donnell Is Just a Stalking Horse in Cute Pumps Dylan Brody 2010
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Granted, it is very easy to get laughs and gasps pointing out the antics of a trained monkey dressed up as a sexy candidate for public office, but let us not lose track of the fact that she is a fringe extremist with as much chance of winning her state-wide election as Mel Gibson has of winning a commendation from the National Organization of Women.
Dylan Brody: Christine O'Donnell Is Just a Stalking Horse in Cute Pumps Dylan Brody 2010
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