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
Cairo should have listened to Amal Clooney last year when she recommended judicial reforms.
His most recommended plant was tree ivy—its juices sprayed up the nostrils.
A staff member at Juilliard recommended him and three classmates for the part of Christopher.
One of these guys recommended that you walk up to a girl in a bar and say, ‘That dress looks awful on you.’
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc | Brandy Zadrozny | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe committee recommended a single—and simple—principle be applied to the law, that of consent.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero | Clive Irving | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It stood first on the list of lines recommended p. 109for construction in the Report of the Allport Commission.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowIt is especially to be recommended to buy always the best materials when making up mourning.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyAnd she recommended great care in dripping the coffee and having the omelet done to a proper turn.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe adoption of the course it recommended was apparently his only chance of refuge from certain destruction.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottThe pamphleteers who recommended the immediate and entire disbanding of the army had an easy task.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
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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