- (may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to advise as the best course or choice; counsel
- to praise or commend: to recommend a new book
- to make attractive or advisable: the trip has little to recommend it
- archaic to entrust (a person or thing) to someone else's care; commend
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rec•om•mend /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/USA pronunciation
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [~ + object] to present (someone or something ) as worthy of confidence, acceptance, or use, as by making a favorable judgment of;
commend. - to urge or suggest as proper, useful, or beneficial: [~ + object]to recommend a special diet.[~ + verb-ing]I recommend seeing a doctor immediately.[~ + (that) clause]I recommend that you take her to the doctor at once.
- to make desirable or attractive:[~ + object]The plan has little to recommend it.
rec•om•mend
(rek′ə mend′),USA pronunciation v.t.
v.i.
n.
rec′om•mend′a•ble, adj.
rec′om•mend′er, n.
- to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.;
commend;
mention favorably:to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book. - to represent or urge as advisable or expedient:to recommend caution.
- to advise, as an alternative;
suggest (a choice, course of action, etc.) as appropriate, beneficial, or the like:He recommended the blue-plate special. The doctor recommended special exercises for her. - to make desirable or attractive:a plan that has very little to recommend it.
v.i.
- to make a recommendation.
n.
- [Informal.]a recommendation.
- Medieval Latin recommendāre, equivalent. to Latin re- re- + commendāre to commend
- Middle English recommenden 1350–1400
rec′om•mend′er, n.
- 1. approve, condone. 3. counsel.
- 1. condemn.
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recommend /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/ vb (transitive)