recommend
Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/
The English word “recommend” has 5 meanings listed here.
verb
- To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
- To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
- To advise, propose, counsel favorably.
- To commit, to confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations.
noun
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 (preporăčam), Serbo-Croatian препоручити, Slovene priporočiti, Czech…
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