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US /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/ UK /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/ See IPA manual

Freq #4011

Meanings

1

verb
To suggest something or someone as good or suitable.

The board recommends Philips, given his experience in similar positions.
2

verb
To advise someone to do something.

The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
3

verb
To make something seem attractive or worth choosing.

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

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 verb · to suggest something or... commend

2 verb · to advise someone to do... urge

Opposites

deprecate disapprove discouragedisrecommendoppose

Word family

Forms recommendedrecommendingrecommends

Derived forms auto-recommendmisrecommendrecommendablerecommendaryrecommendativerecommendatoryrecommendedrecommendeerecommenderrerecommendunrecommend

Related forms recommendation

Simplified etymology

Recommend entered English in the late Middle English period as a member of the same Latin-derived family as commend and command. Its history ultimately leads to Latin mandare, “to commit, command, or entrust.”

Etymology

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 (…

recommenden Middle English recommender Old French re- Latin

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# recommend

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/
**Frequency rank:** 4011

## Meanings
1. To suggest something or someone as good or suitable.
2. To advise someone to do something.
3. To make something seem attractive or worth choosing.

## Examples
- The board recommends Philips, given his experience in similar positions.
- The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- It's a lovely town, with much to recommend it.

## Antonyms
- deprecate
- disapprove
- discourage
- disrecommend
- oppose

## Derived Forms
- auto-recommend
- misrecommend
- recommendable
- recommendary
- recommendative
- recommendatory
- recommended
- recommendee
- recommender
- rerecommend
- unrecommend

## Related Forms
- recommendation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: recommenden
- Root: recommender
- Root: re-

## Etymology
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 (…

## AI Etymology
Recommend comes 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”). Modern senses include to suggest something or someone as good or suitable. and to advise someone to do something.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as auto-recommend, misrecommend, recommendable, recommendary, recommendative, and recommendatory and related forms such as recommendation.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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