recommend
to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
to represent or urge as advisable or expedient: to recommend caution.
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.
to make desirable or attractive: a plan that has very little to recommend it.
to make a recommendation.
Informal. a recommendation.
Origin of recommend
1Other words for recommend
Opposites for recommend
Other words from recommend
- 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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How to use recommend in a sentence
Mr Moffat was a young man of very large fortune, in Parliament, inclined to business, and in every way recommendable.
Doctor Thorne | Anthony TrollopeIn summer is Muiderberg by its situation at the Zuiderzee a favourite little spot and very recommendable for nervous people.
A Wanderer in Holland | E. V. LucasOnly patience is recommendable, and always love, and plenty of it, for the young sons and daughters.
A Word to Women | Mrs. C. E. HumphryThere will be contradictions enough to settle: caution, silence, every kind of prudence will be much recommendable.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. IX. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleWe think we should be so, especially as the author is in many respects recommendable.
The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 | E. Rameur
British Dictionary definitions for recommend
/ (ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd) /
(may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to advise as the best course or choice; counsel: to recommend prudence
to praise or commend: to recommend a new book
to make attractive or advisable: the trip has little to recommend it
archaic to entrust (a person or thing) to someone else's care; commend
Origin of recommend
1Derived forms of recommend
- recommendable, adjective
- recommender, noun
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