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
Women need to know that their peers are pushing for them and cheering them on—recommending each other and demanding airtime.
Do Women Need to Lean In to Be Experts on Network TV? | Tara D. Sonenshine | May 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a physician, I was trapped by dietary guidelines into recommending low-fat foods.
Within days of that meeting in 1981, Fitzpatrick wrote out a two-page report recommending that Bulger be “closed” as an informant.
Whitey Bulger’s Defense to Reveal Widespread FBI Complicity | T.J. English | July 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI had turned down offers in the past, recommending certain peers who wanted mainstream parts.
She finally relented to his “persuasive” request—not before recommending others first.
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s Lovefest on ‘60 Minutes’ | Lauren Ashburn | January 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Victor was proud of his achievement, and went about recommending it and urging every one to partake of it to excess.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinSouth Carolina adopted the federal constitution, recommending amendments, being the 8th state in succession; votes 149 to 73.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellNew Hampshire adopted the federal constitution, recommending amendments, being the ninth state to do so; votes 57 to 46.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellVirginia adopted the constitution of the United States, recommending amendments; tenth state which ratified that document.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThis does not, however, prevent your recommending particular dishes to their attention.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley
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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