Past tense of commend
regular verb
The past tense of commend is commended. The past participle is also commended.
Forms of commend
| Base form (V1) | commend /kəˈmɛnd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | commended |
| Past participle (V3) | commended |
| Present participle | commending |
| Third person singular | commends |
Commended in a sentence
- The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building.
- I wish you had commended the Negro sit-inner and demonstrators for their sublime courage.1963, Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail. From the entry sit-inner
- President Obama is to be commended for insisting on greater “civilogue” in this country in his State of the Union address.2011 January 27, Erica Brown, “Calculations of the Spirit”, in Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. From the entry civilogue
- London Liverpool Street beat off stiff competition to be highly commended in this category, despite having had no major redevelopment for three decades.2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: London Liverpool Street - Network Rail”, in RAIL, number 940, page 47. From the entry beat off
- Well, almost no one: according to one story, a polite lady commended the good doctor for not including swear words in the dictionary.2015, R.L.G. Berlin (15 April 2015), "Happy birthday to Johnson's dictionary", Economist, (retrieved 2017-10-23; archived from the…. From the entry the good doctor
Meaning of commend
- verb To congratulate or reward.
- verb To praise or acclaim.
- verb To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
Questions about the past tense of commend
- What is the past tense of commend?
- The past tense of commend is commended.
- What is the past participle of commend?
- The past participle of commend is commended.
- Is commend a regular or irregular verb?
- Commend is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: commend (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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