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Meaning of recommend

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

recommend

Pronunciation:/ɹɛkəˈmɛnd//ɹɛkəˈmɛnd/

verb

Definitions

  1. To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.

    Example: The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.

  2. To make acceptable; to attract favor to.

    Example: A city that has much to recommend it.

  3. To advise, propose, counsel favorably

    Example: The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.

  4. To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations

    Example: A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery