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View synonyms for recommend

recommend

[ rek-uh-mend ]

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.

    Synonyms: condone, approve

    Antonyms: condemn

  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.

    Synonyms: counsel

  4. to make desirable or attractive:

    a plan that has very little to recommend it.



verb (used without object)

  1. to make a recommendation.

noun

  1. Informal. a recommendation.

recommend

/ ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd /

verb

  1. may take a clause as object or an infinitive to advise as the best course or choice; counsel

    to recommend prudence

  2. to praise or commend

    to recommend a new book

  3. to make attractive or advisable

    the trip has little to recommend it

  4. archaic.
    to entrust (a person or thing) to someone else's care; commend
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌrecomˈmender, noun
  • ˌrecomˈmendable, adjective
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Other Words From

  • 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of recommend1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English recommenden, from Medieval Latin recommendāre; equivalent to re- + commend
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Word History and Origins

Origin of recommend1

C14: via Medieval Latin from Latin re- + commendāre to commend

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