recommend

English

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Verb

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

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:advise

Antonyms

• discourage
• disapprove
• oppose

Derived terms

• recommendable
• recommendatory
• recommended
• recommender

Related terms

• recommendation

Translations

to commend to the favorable notice of another

Arabic: وصى (ar) (wáSSaa), أوصى (ar) ('áwSaa) Chinese: Mandarin: 推薦 (zh), 推荐 (zh) (tuījiàn) Czech: doporučit (cs) Danish: anbefale (da) Dutch: aanraden (nl), aanbevelen (nl) Finnish: suositella (fi), suosittaa (fi) French: recommander (fr) German: empfehlen (de) Hungarian: ajánl (hu) Italian: raccomandare (it)

Japanese: 推薦する (ja) (すいせんする, suisen-suru), 勧める (ja) (すすめる, susumeru) Korean: 추천하다 (ko) (chucheon-hada) Portuguese: recomendar (pt) Russian: рекомендовать (ru) (rekomendovát’) impf., порекомендовать (ru) (porekomendovát’) pf., советовать (ru) (sovétovat') impf., посоветовать (ru) (posovétovat') pf. Scottish Gaelic: mol Spanish: recomendar (es) Swedish: rekommendera (sv) Turkish: tavsiye etmek (tr) Vietnamese: khuyến nghị (vi), đề nghị (vi)

to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice

Dutch: aanbevelen (nl), voordragen (nl) Finnish: suositella (fi) Russian: рекомендовать (ru) (rekomendovát’) impf., порекомендовать (ru) (porekomendovát’) pf., советовать (ru) (sovétovat') impf., посоветовать (ru) (posovétovat') pf.

Tamil: பரிந்துரை செய் (ta)

to make acceptable; to attract favor to

Finnish: houkutella (fi), olla houkuttava (fi)

to advise, propose

Dutch: aanraden (nl), aanbevelen (nl), adviseren (nl) Finnish: suositella (fi), suosittaa (fi) Russian: рекомендовать (ru) (rekomendovát’) impf., порекомендовать (ru) (porekomendovát’) pf., советовать (ru) (sovétovat') impf., посоветовать (ru) (posovétovat') pf.

archaic: to confide to another

Dutch: bevelen in ... (van ...), aanbevelen, overdragen aan

Finnish: luovuttaa (fi)

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Esperanto: rekomendi French: adviser, conseiller, recommander

Anagrams

• commender