What does Recommend mean?
Definitions for Recommend
ˌrɛk əˈmɛndrec·om·mend
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Recommend.
Princeton's WordNet
recommend, urge, advocateverb
push for something
"The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
commend, recommendverb
express a good opinion of
recommendverb
make attractive or acceptable
"Honesty recommends any person"
Wiktionary
recommendverb
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.
recommendverb
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
recommendverb
To advise, propose, counsel favorably
The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
recommendverb
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
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To RECOMMENDverb
Etymology: recommender, Fr. re and commend.
Mecenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus, whose praises helped to make him popular while alive, and after his death have made him precious to posterity. Dryden.
A decent boldness ever meets with friends,
Succeeds, and ev’n a stranger recommends. Alexander Pope.They had been recommended to the grace of God. Acts xiv.
ChatGPT
recommend
To recommend means to suggest that something would be beneficial or suitable for a specific purpose or situation. It involves giving advice or proposing an action based on one's personal opinion or professional expertise. Recommendations can be made for various things such as books, restaurants, products, services, strategies, or courses of action.
Webster Dictionary
Recommendverb
to commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body
Recommendverb
to make acceptable; to attract favor to
Recommendverb
to commit; to give in charge; to commend
Etymology: [Pref. re- + commend: cf. F. recommander.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Recommend
rek-o-mend′, v.t. to commend to another: to bestow praise on: to introduce favourably: to give in charge: to commit, as in prayer: to advise.—adj. Recommend′able, that may be recommended: worthy of praise.—n. Recommend′ableness, the quality of being recommendable.—adv. Recommend′ably, so as to deserve recommendation.—n. Recommendā′tion, act of recommending: act of introducing with commendation: repute: letter of recommendation.—adj. Recommend′ātory, that recommends: commendatory.—n. Recommend′er, one who, or that which, recommends.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
recommend
To commend to the favorable notice of another. Non-commissioned officers of companies are appointed by the colonel upon the recommendation of company commanders. Recommendation of members of a court-martial in favor of the person being tried, is introduced after the finding and sentence are closed and authenticated. The recommendation should distinctly set forth the reasons which prompt it.—Hough.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Recommend' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2690
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Recommend' in Verbs Frequency: #350
Anagrams for Recommend »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Recommend in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Recommend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Recommend in a Sentence
I certainly would not recommend that people in the U.S. ask their physicians to prescribe hydroxychloroquine for the prevention of COVID, its use is entirely speculative.
Hot wings are a classic game day favorite, so we decided to add a twist to make them hot Perdue chicken bites instead, they are spicy, so I recommend pairing with some coleslaw and cooling dipping sauces like ranch and Bleu cheese.
Although red wine was superior and preferable, we would not recommend to completely stick only to it, but to enjoy from both wines in moderation, and as part of a healthy diet.
We take employee feedback seriously, including Ms. Bates', but we don't believe her comments represent the more than 90 % of her fulfillment center colleagues who say they'd recommend Amazon as a great place to work to friends and family.
Value spreads remain attractive, while quality stocks look very expensive. The fastest growing stocks in Europe also look cheaply priced, therefore from a portfolio perspective, we recommend a barbell approach of value stocks with good earnings momentum and high growth stocks.
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- أوصى, وصى, يوصي يقترحArabic
- recomanarCatalan, Valencian
- doporučitCzech
- anbefaleDanish
- empfehlenGerman
- rekomendiEsperanto
- recomendarSpanish
- توصیهPersian
- luovuttaa, suosittaa, houkutella, olla houkuttava, suositellaFinnish
- recommanderFrench
- molScottish Gaelic
- सिफारिश करना।Hindi
- ajánlHungarian
- առնելArmenian
- raccomandareItalian
- 推薦, 勧めるJapanese
- 추천Korean
- commendareLatin
- voordragen, aanraden, adviseren, aanbevelenDutch
- anbefaleNorwegian
- polecaćPolish
- recomendarPortuguese
- порекомендовать, советовать, посоветовать, рекомендоватьRussian
- rekommenderaSwedish
- பரிந்துரை செய்Tamil
- tavsiye etmekTurkish
- تجویز کروUrdu
- khuyến nghị, đề nghịVietnamese
- רעקאָמענדירןYiddish
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