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 (rěk'ə-měnd') v.
rec·om·mend·ed, rec·om·mend·ing, rec·om·mends
v.
tr.
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.
To make (the possessor, as of an attribute) attractive or acceptable: Honesty recommends any person.
To commit to the charge of another; entrust.
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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