Recommend

verb

/ɹɛkəˈmɛnd/

Word Frequency: 9.8

Definitions

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

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

2.verbTo make acceptable; to attract favor to.

"A city that has much to recommend it."

3.verbTo advise, propose, counsel favorably

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

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

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

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