recommend

verbnouncommon in dialogue

United States//ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd//

To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.

verb

1
To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
2
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
A city that has much to recommend it.
3
To advise, propose, counsel favorably.
The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
My therapist recommended that I rest the mind and exercise the body.
An influential group of medical experts, the US Preventive Services Task Force, recommended last week that most women receive a mammogram starting at age 40.
4
archaicTo commit, to confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations.
A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery.

Etymology

From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commendāre (“to commend, commit; to recommend”), from con- + mandāre (“commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand, handwriting, power”) + dare (“to give; to offer or render”). Compare typologically Bulgarian препоръчам (preporăčam), Serbo-Croatian препоручити, Slovene priporočiti, Czech doporučit, Slovak odporučiť (the same meaning); Russian поручи́ться (poručítʹsja), пору́ка (porúka), поручи́тельство (poručítelʹstvo) (close meaning), all related to Proto-Slavic *rǫka (Bulgarian ръка (răka), Russian рука́ (ruká)).

noun

1
A recommendation.
"I'm glad to have a recommend from that quarter. Airheart's skipper of the San Jose now. […]"

Forms

plural: recommends
past tense: recommended
past participle: recommended
present participle: recommending
third person singular: recommends

recognize · To match (something or someone which one currently perceives)…recognized · Notable; distinguished; honored.recollection · The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act…

recommend · To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.

recommendation · An act of recommending.recommended · That one recommends (often by a person, community, or…recon · reconnaissance.

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