recommend

== English == === 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 (rǎka), Russian рука́ (ruká)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/ Rhymes: -ɛnd Hyphenation: rec‧om‧mend === Verb === recommend (third-person singular simple present recommends, present participle recommending, simple past and past participle recommended) (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice. Synonym: commend (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to. (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably. (transitive, archaic) To commit, to confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations. ==== Usage notes ==== This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:advise ==== Antonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === recommend (plural recommends) (colloquial) A recommendation. === Anagrams === commender == Middle English == === Verb === recommend alternative form of recommenden