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rec·om·mend    Audio Help   [rek-uh-mend] Pronunciation Key
–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.
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.
4.to make desirable or attractive: a plan that has very little to recommend it.
–verb (used without object)
5.to make a recommendation.
–noun
6.Informal. a recommendation.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME recommenden < ML recommendāre, equiv. to L re- re- + commendāre to commend]

rec·om·mend·a·ble, adjective
rec·om·mend·er, noun

1. approve, condone. 3. counsel.
1. condemn.
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rec·om·mend    Audio Help   (rěk'ə-měnd')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   rec·om·mend·ed, rec·om·mend·ing, rec·om·mends

v.   tr.
  1. To praise or commend (one) to another as being worthy or desirable; endorse: recommended him for the job; recommended a car instead of an SUV.
  2. To make (the possessor, as of an attribute) attractive or acceptable: Honesty recommends any person.
  3. To commit to the charge of another; entrust.
  4. To advise or counsel: She recommended that we be on time. See Synonyms at advise.

v.   intr.
To give advice or counsel: "recommended against signing an international agreement" (Time).


[Middle English recomenden, from Medieval Latin recommendāre : Latin re-, re- + Latin commendāre, to entrust, commend; see commend.]

rec'om·mend'a·ble adj., rec'om·mend'er n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
recommend 
1377, "praise, present as worthy," from M.L. recommendare (1216), from L. re-, intensive prefix, + commendare "commit to one's care, commend" (see commend). First record of recommendation is from 1408.

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recommend

verb
1. push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" 
2. express a good opinion of [syn: commend
3. make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
recommend1 [rekəˈmend] verb
to advise
Example: The doctor recommended a long holiday.
Arabic: يَنْصَح
Chinese (Simplified): 建议,劝告
Chinese (Traditional): 建議,勸告
Czech: doporučit
Danish: anbefale
Dutch: aanraden
Estonian: soovitama
Finnish: suositella
French: recommander
German: empfehlen
Greek: συμβουλεύω, συνιστώ, υποδεικνύω
Hungarian: javasol
Icelandic: ráðleggja
Indonesian: menyarankan
Italian: raccomandare
Japanese: 勧める
Korean: 권하다, 충고하다
Latvian: ieteikt
Lithuanian: patarti, rekomenduoti
Norwegian: anbefale, foreslå, tilrå
Polish: zalecać
Portuguese (Brazil): recomendar
Portuguese (Portugal): recomendar
Romanian: a re­co­manda
Russian: советовать
Slovak: doporučiť, odporučiť
Slovenian: svetovati
Spanish: recomendar
Swedish: rekommendera, anbefalla, tillråda
Turkish: tavsiye etmek
recommend2 [rekəˈmend] verb
to suggest as being particularly good, particularly suitable etc
Example: He recommended her (to me) for the job.
Arabic: يوصي بِ
Chinese (Simplified): 推荐
Chinese (Traditional): 推荐, 介紹
Czech: doporučit
Danish: anbefale
Dutch: aanbevelen
Estonian: soovitama
Finnish: suositella
French: recommander
German: empfehlen
Greek: συνιστώ, προτείνω
Hungarian: ajánl
Icelandic: mæla með
Indonesian: rekomendasi
Italian: raccomandare
Japanese: 推薦する
Korean: 추천하다
Latvian: rekomendēt; ieteikt
Lithuanian: rekomenduoti
Norwegian: anbefale, foreslå
Polish: polecać
Portuguese (Brazil): recomendar
Portuguese (Portugal): recomendar
Romanian: a recomanda
Russian: рекомендовать
Slovak: odporučiť, doporučiť
Slovenian: priporočiti
Spanish: recomendar
Swedish: rekommendera
Turkish: tavsiye etmek
See also: recommendation

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Recommend

Rec`om*mend"\ (r?k`?m*m?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recommended; p. pr. & vb. n. Recommending.] [Pref. re- + commend: cf. F. recommander.]

1. To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body.

M[ae]cenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus, whose praises . . . have made him precious to posterity. --Dryden.

2. To make acceptable; to attract favor to.

A decent boldness ever meets with friends, Succeeds, and e'en a stranger recommends. --Pope.

3. To commit; to give in charge; to commend.

Paul chose Silas and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God. --Acts xv. 40.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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