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recommend
- /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɛnd
Where it comes from
From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commendāre (“to commend, commit; to recommend”), from con- + mandāre (“commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand, handwriting, power”) + dare (“to give; to offer or render”).
Compare typologically Bulgarian препоръчам (preporăčam), Serbo-Croatian препоручити, Slovene priporočiti, Czech doporučit, Slovak odporučiť (the same meaning); Russian поручи́ться (poručítʹsja), пору́ка (porúka), поручи́тельство (poručítelʹstvo) (close meaning), all related to Proto-Slavic *rǫka (Bulgarian ръка (răka), Russian рука́ (ruká)).
verb recommends · recommending · recommended
- To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice. The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- To make acceptable; to attract favor to. A city that has much to recommend it.
- To advise, propose, counsel favorably. The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- To commit, to 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.
noun recommends
- A recommendation. "I'm glad to have a recommend from that quarter. Airheart's skipper of the San Jose now. […]"
