recommend

  • 1recommend — rec‧om‧mend [ˌrekəˈmend] verb [transitive] 1. to advise someone to do something, especially because you have special knowledge of a situation or subject: • Most brokers are recommending that investors take some cash out of money funds. 2. to say… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2recommend — In addition to its familiar constructions with a direct object + to infinitive (I recommend you to control your temper) and with a that clause (We recommend that you stay at the local hotel), recommend is one of a class of verbs, once dwindling… …

    Modern English usage

  • 3recommend — [rek΄ə mend′] vt. [ME recomenden < ML recommendare: see RE & COMMEND] 1. to give in charge; commit; entrust [recommended to our care] 2. to suggest favorably as suited for some use, function, position, etc. [to recommend a book, a doctor,… …

    English World dictionary

  • 4recommend — ► VERB 1) put forward with approval as being suitable for a purpose or role. 2) advise as a course of action. 3) make appealing or desirable: the house had much to recommend it. DERIVATIVES recommendable adjective recommendation noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 5Recommend — Rec om*mend (r?k ?m*m?nd ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recommended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Recommending}.] [Pref. re + commend: cf. F. recommander.] 1. To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another s care, confidence, or acceptance,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6recommend — I verb acclaim, advance, advise, advocate, applaud, approbate, approve, back, be satisfied with, celebrate, commend, commendare, compliment, counsel, countenance, direct, endorse, esteem, exalt, exhort, extol, favor, give credit, glorify,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 7recommend — (v.) late 14c., praise, present as worthy, from M.L. recommendare (early 13c.), from L. re , intensive prefix, + commendare commit to one s care, commend (see COMMEND (Cf. commend)). Related: Recommended; recommending …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 8recommend — *commend, compliment, applaud Analogous words: *approve, endorse, sanction: *praise, extol, acclaim …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 9recommend — [v] advise, approve acclaim, advance, advocate, applaud, back, be all for*, be satisfied with, celebrate, commend, compliment, confirm, counsel, endorse, enjoin, esteem, eulogize, exalt, exhort, extol, favor, front for*, glorify, go on record… …

    New thesaurus

  • 10recommend — rec|om|mend W2S3 [ˌrekəˈmend] v [T] 1.) to advise someone to do something, especially because you have special knowledge of a situation or subject recommend (that) ▪ I recommend that you get some professional advice. ▪ Doctors strongly recommend… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English