recommend

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French recommender (compare French recommander), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin re- + commendāre.

Pronunciation

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Audio (GA): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛnd
Hyphenation: rec‧om‧mend

Verb

recommend (third-person singular simple present recommends, present participle recommending, simple past and past participle recommended)

(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.
(transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
(transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably
The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
(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 Thesaurus:advise

Antonyms

Derived terms

Template:der-mid

Related terms

recommendation

Translations

to commend to the favorable notice of another

Arabic: وَصَّى (waṣṣā), أَوْصَى (ʔawṣā)
Azerbaijani: tövsiyə etmək
Catalan: recomanar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 推薦／推荐 (zh) (tuījiàn), 推荐 (zh) (tuījiàn)
Czech: doporučit
Danish: anbefale (da)
Dutch: aanraden (nl), aanbevelen (nl)
Finnish: suositella (fi), suosittaa (fi)
French: recommander (fr)
Georgian: რეკომენდაციას აძლევს (reḳomendacias aʒlevs), რეკომენდაციას უწევს (reḳomendacias uc̣evs), რეკომენდირება (reḳomendireba), რეკომენდება (reḳomendeba)
German: empfehlen (de)
Greek: προτείνω (el) (proteíno)
Ancient: παραινέω (parainéō)
Hebrew: המליץ (himlíts)
Hungarian: ajánl (hu)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Istriot: racumandà
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)
Macedonian: препорачува impf (preporačuva), препорача pf (preporača)
Middle English: recomaunden
Polish: polecać (pl)
Portuguese: recomendar (pt)
Russian: рекомендова́ть (ru) impf (rekomendovátʹ), порекомендова́ть (ru) pf (porekomendovátʹ), сове́товать (ru) impf (sovétovatʹ), посове́товать (ru) pf (posovétovatʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: mol
Spanish: recomendar (es)
Swedish: rekommendera (sv)
Turkish: tavsiye etmek (tr)
Ukrainian: рекомендува́ти (rekomenduváty), порекомендува́ти (porekomenduváty)
Venetian: recomandar, racomandar
Vietnamese: khuyến nghị (vi), đề nghị (vi)

to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice

Dutch: aanbevelen (nl), voordragen (nl)
Finnish: suositella (fi)
Greek: υποδεικνύω (el) (ypodeiknýo)
Ancient: παραινέω (parainéō)
Middle English: recomaunden
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Russian: рекомендова́ть (ru) impf (rekomendovátʹ), порекомендова́ть (ru) pf (porekomendovátʹ), сове́товать (ru) impf (sovétovatʹ), посове́товать (ru) pf (posovétovatʹ)
Tamil: பரிந்துரை செய் (parinturai cey)
Ukrainian: рекомендува́ти (rekomenduváty), порекомендува́ти (porekomenduváty)

to make acceptable; to attract favor to

Finnish: houkutella (fi), olla houkuttava
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

to advise, propose

Arabic: يوصي يقترح
Dutch: aanraden (nl), aanbevelen (nl), adviseren (nl)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Finnish: suositella (fi), suosittaa (fi)
German: empfehlen (de)
Russian: рекомендова́ть (ru) impf (rekomendovátʹ), порекомендова́ть (ru) pf (porekomendovátʹ), сове́товать (ru) impf (sovétovatʹ), посове́товать (ru) pf (posovétovatʹ)

archaic: to confide to another

Dutch: bevelen in ... (van ...), aanbevelen (nl), overdragen aan
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Finnish: luovuttaa (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} rekomendi (eo)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
French: ^{(please verify)} adviser (fr), ^{(please verify)} conseiller (fr), ^{(please verify)} recommander (fr)

Anagrams

commender