Definition of recommend Recommend

/ɹɛˌkʌmɛˈnd/ - [rekumend] - rec•om•mend

We found 16 definitions of recommend from 7 different sources.

What does recommend mean?

Verb recommends, recommending, recommended
recommend - push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
		urge, advocate
		advise, propose, suggest inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"
recommend - make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person"
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
recommend - express a good opinion of
		commend
		praise express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"

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recommend (Verb)
To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
recommend (Verb)
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
recommend (Verb)
To advise, propose, counsel favorably.
recommend (Verb)
To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations.

recommend (v. t.)
To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body.
recommend (v. t.)
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
recommend (v. t.)
To commit; to give in charge; to commend.

recommend
rek-o-mend′, v.t. to commend to another: to bestow praise on: to introduce favourably: to give in charge: to commit, as in prayer: to advise.—adj. Recommend′able, that may be recommended: worthy of praise.—n. Recommend′ableness, the quality of being recommendable.—adv. Recommend′ably, so as to deserve recommendation.—n. Recommendā′tion, act of recommending: act of introducing with commendation: repute: letter of recommendation.—adj. Recommend′ātory, that recommends: commendatory.—n. Recommend′er, one who, or that which, recommends

recommend
To commend to the favorable notice of another. Non-commissioned officers of companies are appointed by the colonel upon the recommendation of company commanders. Recommendation of members of a court-martial in favor of the person being tried, is introduced after the finding and sentence are closed and authenticated. The recommendation should distinctly set forth the reasons which prompt it.--Hough.