recommend
English edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɹɛkəˈmɛnd/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnd
- Hyphenation: rec‧om‧mend
Verb edit
recommend (third-person singular simple present recommends, present participle recommending, simple past and past participle recommended)
- (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
- The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
- A city that has much to recommend it.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive, archaic) To commit, 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.
Usage notes edit
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:advise
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Translations edit
to commend to the favorable notice of another
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to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
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to make acceptable; to attract favor to
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to advise, propose
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archaic: to confide to another
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Middle English edit
Verb edit
recommend
- Alternative form of recommenden