recommend

[rek-uh-mend]

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.

Origin of recommend

1350–1400; Middle English recommenden < Medieval Latin recommendāre, equivalent to Latin re- re- + commendāre to commend

Related formsrec·om·mend·a·ble, adjectiverec·om·mend·er, nounpre·rec·om·mend, verb (used with object)un·rec·om·mend·a·ble, adjectiveun·rec·om·mend·ed, adjectivewell-rec·om·mend·ed, adjective

Synonyms for recommend

1. approve, condone. 3. counsel.

Antonyms for recommend

1. condemn.

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Examples from the Web for well-recommended

Historical Examples of well-recommended

The establishment was approved, well-recommended: let it do its work unaided, unhindered.
On the Stairs
Henry B. Fuller
"Since early zis morning, Monsieur," rejoined the well-recommended one rather despondently.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908
Various
On my list were a number of well-recommended pensions, and I chose, naturally, the nearest at hand.
An American Girl in Munich
Mabel W. Daniels
In the mean while he looks out for some sound, well-recommended cotton-house.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 11, No. 22, January, 1873
Various

British Dictionary definitions for well-recommended

well-recommended

adjective (well recommended when postpositive)

highly praised or commendeda popular and well-recommended book

recommend

verb (tr)

(may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to advise as the best course or choice; counselto recommend prudence

to praise or commendto recommend a new book

to make attractive or advisablethe trip has little to recommend it

archaic to entrust (a person or thing) to someone else's care; commend

Derived Formsrecommendable, adjectiverecommender, noun

Word Origin for recommend

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

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Word Origin and History for well-recommended

recommend

late 14c., "praise, present as worthy," from Medieval Latin recommendare, from Latin re-, here probably an intensive prefix, or else from a sense now obscure (see re-), + commendare "commit to one's care, commend" (see commend). Meaning "advise as to action, urge (that something be done)" is from 1746. Related: Recommended; recommending.