recommend

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To suggest something or someone as good or suitable.

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

2. 2
   verb

   To advise someone to do something.

   The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.

3. 3
   verb

   To make something seem attractive or worth choosing.

   It's a lovely town, with much to recommend it.

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 (preporǎčam), 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 (…

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