Definitions for recommend
ˌrɛk əˈmɛndrec·om·mend

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. recommend, urge, advocateverb

   push for something

   "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

2. commend, recommendverb

   express a good opinion of

3. recommendverb

   make attractive or acceptable

   "Honesty recommends any person"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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.

2. recommendverb

   To make acceptable; to attract favor to.

3. recommendverb

   To advise, propose, counsel favorably

   The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.

4. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To RECOMMENDverb

   Etymology: recommender, Fr. re and commend.

   1. To praise to another.2. To make acceptable.

   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.

   3. To commit with prayers.

   They had been recommended to the grace of God. Acts xiv.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. 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

2. Recommendverb

   to make acceptable; to attract favor to

3. Recommendverb

   to commit; to give in charge; to commend

4. Etymology: [Pref. re- + commend: cf. F. recommander.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'recommend' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2690

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'recommend' in Verbs Frequency: #350

Anagrams for recommend »

1. commender

How to pronounce recommend?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of recommend in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of recommend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of recommend in a Sentence

1. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko:

   I am really happy for Yulia Efimova, wADA( World Anti-Doping Agency) has taken absolutely the right decision to recommend that Efimova's temporary ban is lifted.

2. Adam Schiff:

   Now there's been more obstruction of Congress that goes beyond Ukraine. There's also the obstruction of justice that Mueller wrote about so extensively. And there are other violations of the Constitution that we will need to consider, i'm not at this point, Jake, prepared to say what I will recommend.

3. Josh Brown:

   This is why I recommend that all franchisees have six to nine months of working capital available before buying a franchise.

4. Nick Clegg:

   I totally rule out any arrangements with the SNP — in the same way I rule out any arrangements with UKIP — because there is no meeting point for me with one party that basically wants to pull our country to bits and another party that wants us to pull out of the EU, i would never recommend to the Liberal Democrats that we help establish a government which is basically on a life support system, where Alex Salmond could pull the plug any time he wants.

5. Terri Orbuch:

   ' I' language, i always recommend that you start with a comment that says,' We love you. I love you. You're important to me.' So that they never feel that they're infringing or that they're a part of causing anything that's negative or not as good as you want it to be.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=recommend
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Recommend
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=recommend
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recommend
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=recommend
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html