recommend
[ rek-uh-mend ]
/ ˌrɛk əˈmɛnd /
verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
to make a recommendation.
noun
Informal.
a recommendation.
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recommend
/ (ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd) /
verb (tr)
(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
Derived forms of recommend
recommendable, adjective recommender, nounWord Origin for recommend
C14: via Medieval Latin from Latin
re- +
commendāre to
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