recommend
To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
Verb 3 meanings
To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
“The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.”
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
“A city that has much to recommend it.”
To advise, propose, counsel favorably.
“The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.”
Noun 1 meaning
A recommendation.
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”).
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RECOMMEND at a glance
RECOMMEND has 9 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + C 3 + O 1 + M 3 + M 3 + E 1 + N 1 + D 2) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,404 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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