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View synonyms for recommend

recommend

[ rek-uh-mend ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably:

    to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.

    Synonyms: condone, approve

    Antonyms: condemn

  2. to represent or urge as advisable or expedient:

    to recommend caution.

  3. to advise, as an alternative; suggest (a choice, course of action, etc.) as appropriate, beneficial, or the like:

    He recommended the blue-plate special. The doctor recommended special exercises for her.

    Synonyms: counsel

  4. to make desirable or attractive:

    a plan that has very little to recommend it.



verb (used without object)

  1. to make a recommendation.

noun

  1. Informal. a recommendation.

recommend

/ ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd /

verb

  1. may take a clause as object or an infinitive to advise as the best course or choice; counsel

    to recommend prudence

  2. to praise or commend

    to recommend a new book

  3. to make attractive or advisable

    the trip has little to recommend it

  4. archaic.
    to entrust (a person or thing) to someone else's care; commend


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Derived Forms

  • ˌrecomˈmendable, adjective
  • ˌrecomˈmender, noun

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Other Words From

  • recom·menda·ble adjective
  • recom·mender noun
  • prerec·om·mend verb (used with object)
  • unrec·om·menda·ble adjective
  • unrec·om·mended adjective
  • well-recom·mended adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of recommend1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English recommenden, from Medieval Latin recommendāre; equivalent to re- + commend

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Word History and Origins

Origin of recommend1

C14: via Medieval Latin from Latin re- + commendāre to commend

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Example Sentences

“I would recommend ginger tea first thing in the morning as a great way to ward off an upset stomach,” says White.

We recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time.

Both Rohan and Kalayjian recommend breathing in some fresh air each day.

On Tuesday, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he may recommend ground forces in the future.

After Dempsey acknowledged that he may recommend some ground forces in the future, the Pentagon issued a rare correction.

To my friends ever since I have not failed to recommend the passage of the Butterley tunnel as a desirable pleasure excursion.

Oh, certainly Monsieur would take these, and anything else which Madame could conscientiously recommend.

I would strongly recommend those who have children with them to take a goat as well.

We recommend the subject for meditation to the profoundest metaphysicians.

I recommend you to read this book; when one wants to read fiction it is best to begin with such an author as Dickens.

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