recommend

English

Etymology

From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commendāre.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɛkəˈmɛnd/
Audio (GA) (file)
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 favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
(transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
A city that has much to recommend it.
(transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably
The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
My therapist recommended that I rest the mind and exercise the body.
(transitive, archaic) To 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.

Usage notes

This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:advise

Antonyms

deprecate
disrecommend
discourage
disapprove
oppose

Derived terms

recommendable
recommendatory
recommended
recommender

Related terms

recommendation

Translations

to commend to the favorable notice of another

Arabic: وَصَّى‎ (waṣṣā), أَوْصَى‎ (ʾawṣā)
Armenian: հանձնարարել (hy) (hanjnararel)
Azerbaijani: tövsiyə etmək, məsləhət görmək
Basque: gomendatu
Belarusian: рэкамендава́ць impf (rekamjendavácʹ), парэкамендава́ць pf (parekamjendavácʹ), ра́іць impf (ráicʹ), пара́іць pf (paráicʹ)
Bulgarian: препоръ́чвам (bg) impf (preporǎ́čvam), препоръ́чам pf (preporǎ́čam), съве́твам (bg) impf (sǎvétvam)
Burmese: ထောက်ခံ (my) (htaukhkam)
Catalan: recomanar (ca)
Central Franconian: aabeveële
Chinese:
Mandarin: 推薦／推荐 (zh) (tuījiàn)
Czech: doporučovat (cs) impf, doporučit (cs) pf
Danish: anbefale (da)
Dutch: aanraden (nl), aanbevelen (nl)
Estonian: soovitama
Finnish: suositella (fi), suosittaa (fi)
French: recommander (fr)
Georgian: რეკომენდაციას აძლევს (reḳomendacias aʒlevs), რეკომენდაციას უწევს (reḳomendacias uc̣evs), რეკომენდირება (reḳomendireba), რეკომენდება (reḳomendeba)
German: empfehlen (de)
Greek: προτείνω (el) (proteíno)
Ancient: παραινέω (parainéō)
Hebrew: המליץ‎ (himlíts)
Hindi: सिफ़ारिश करना (sifāriś karnā)
Hungarian: ajánl (hu)
Istriot: racumandà
Italian: raccomandare (it), consigliare (it)
Japanese: 推薦する (ja) (すいせんする, suisen suru), 勧める (ja) (すすめる, susumeru)
Kazakh: ұсыну (kk) (ūsynu), ұсыныс жасау (ūsynys jasau)
Khmer: អនុសាស (ʼaʼnusaah)
Korean: 추천하다 (ko) (chucheonhada)
Kyrgyz: сунуш кылуу (ky) (sunuş kıluu)
Lao: ແນະນໍາ (næ nam)
Latvian: ieteikt
Lithuanian: patarti
Macedonian: препорачува impf (preporačuva), препорача pf (preporača)
Middle English: recomaunden, recommenden
Norwegian:
Bokmål: anbefale (no)
Persian: توصیه کردن‎ (fa) (tousiye kardan)
Polish: polecać (pl) impf, polecić (pl) pf
Portuguese: recomendar (pt)
Romanian: recomanda (ro)
Russian: рекомендова́ть (ru) impf (rekomendovátʹ), порекомендова́ть (ru) pf (porekomendovátʹ), сове́товать (ru) impf (sovétovatʹ), посове́товать (ru) pf (posovétovatʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: mol
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: препоручи́вати impf, препору́чити pf
Roman: preporučívati (sh) impf, preporúčiti (sh) pf
Slovak: odporúčať impf, odporučiť pf
Slovene: priporočati impf, priporočiti pf
Spanish: recomendar (es)
Swedish: rekommendera (sv), anbefalla (sv)
Tajik: тавсия кардан (tavsiya kardan)
Thai: แนะนำ (th) (nɛ́-nam)
Turkish: tavsiye etmek (tr)
Ukrainian: рекомендува́ти impf (rekomenduváty), порекомендува́ти pf (porekomenduváty), ра́дити (uk) impf (rádyty), пора́дити pf (porádyty)
Urdu: سفارش کرنا‎ (sifāriś karnā), مشورہ دینا‎ (maśvirā denā)
Uzbek: tavsiya etmoq, maslahat bermoq
Venetian: recomandar, racomandar
Vietnamese: giới thiệu (vi) (介紹), đề nghị (vi) (提議)

to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice

Azerbaijani: tövsiyə etmək
Bulgarian: препоръчвам (bg) (preporǎčvam)
Central Franconian: aabeveële
Dutch: aanbevelen (nl), voordragen (nl)
Finnish: suositella (fi)
Greek: υποδεικνύω (el) (ypodeiknýo)
Ancient: παραινέω (parainéō)
Maori: marohi, mārohirohi
Middle English: recomaunden, commenden, recommenden
Russian: рекомендова́ть (ru) impf (rekomendovátʹ), порекомендова́ть (ru) pf (porekomendovátʹ), сове́товать (ru) impf (sovétovatʹ), посове́товать (ru) pf (posovétovatʹ)
Swedish: rekommendera (sv), förespråka (sv)
Tamil: பரிந்துரை செய் (parinturai cey)
Ukrainian: рекомендува́ти impf (rekomenduváty), порекомендува́ти pf (porekomenduváty)

to make acceptable; to attract favor to

Finnish: houkutella (fi), olla houkuttava

to advise, propose

Arabic: يوصي يقترح‎
Bulgarian: съветвам (bg) (sǎvetvam)
Central Franconian: aabeveële
Dutch: aanraden (nl), aanbevelen (nl), adviseren (nl)
Finnish: suositella (fi), suosittaa (fi)
German: empfehlen (de)
Italian: consigliare (it)
Russian: рекомендова́ть (ru) impf (rekomendovátʹ), порекомендова́ть (ru) pf (porekomendovátʹ), сове́товать (ru) impf (sovétovatʹ), посове́товать (ru) pf (posovétovatʹ)
Swedish: rekommendera (sv), föreslå (sv)

archaic: to confide to another

Bulgarian: поверявам (bg) (poverjavam)
Dutch: bevelen in ... (van ...), aanbevelen (nl), overdragen aan
Finnish: luovuttaa (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} rekomendi (eo)
French: ^{(please verify)} adviser (fr), ^{(please verify)} conseiller (fr), ^{(please verify)} recommander (fr)

Anagrams

commender

Middle English

Verb

recommend

Alternative form of recommenden