recommend

From Anglo-Norman and Middle French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commendāre.

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɛkəˈmɛnd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnd
• Hyphenation: rec‧om‧mend

recommend (third-person singular simple present recommends, present participle recommending, simple past and past participle recommended)

1. (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.

   The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.

2. (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
3. (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably

   The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.

4. (transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations

   A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

• See also Thesaurus:advise

• disrecommend
• discourage
• disapprove
• oppose

• recommendation

• commender