Meanings
present singular third person recommends · participle present recommending · participle past recommended · past recommended
- transitiveTo advise, propose, counsel favorably.
The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
3 more examples
My therapist recommended that I rest the mind and exercise the body.
An influential group of medical experts, the US Preventive Services Task Force, recommended last week that most women receive a mammogram starting at age 40.
2024 May 8, Katia Hetter, “Mammograms are now recommended starting at age 40. Should you get one?”, in CNNThe US Centers and Disease Control and Prevention is considering recommending annual Covid-19 shots to those who are older or who have compromised immune function, rather than the current blanket recommendation for everyone 6 months of age and older. The change would more closely align the US with guidance given in other countries. Unlike countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, the US alone recommends an annual Covid-19 vaccine for healthy younger adults and children. The World Health Organization also doesn’t routinely recommend annual Covid-19 vaccines for healthy adults under 65 or healthy children.
2025 April 16, Brenda Goodman, “CDC considers narrowing its Covid-19 vaccine recommendations”, in CNN
plural recommends
- colloquialA recommendation.
"I'm glad to have a recommend from that quarter. Airheart's skipper of the San Jose now. […]"
1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
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Origin
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchrecommender
- Middle Englishrecommenden
- Englishrecommend
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 doporučit, Slovak odporučiť (the same meaning); Russian поручи́ться (poručítʹsja), пору́ка (porúka), поручи́тельство (poručítelʹstvo) (close meaning), all related to Proto-Slavic *rǫka (Bulgarian ръка (răka), Russian рука́ (ruká)).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek παραινέω, παραινέω
- παραινέω (parainéō)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- παραινέω (parainéō)to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- παραινέω (parainéō)to advise, propose
Arabic وَصَّى, أَوْصَى
- وَصَّى (waṣṣā)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- أَوْصَى (ʔawṣā)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- نَصَحَ (naṣaḥa)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- نصح (naṣaḥ)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- نصح (naṣaḥ)to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- يوصي يقترحto advise, propose
- نصح (naṣaḥ)to advise, propose
Basque gomendatu
- gomendatuto commend to the favorable notice of another
Bulgarian препоръ́чвам, препоръ́чам
- препоръ́чвам (preporắčvam)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- препоръ́чам (preporắčam)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- съве́твам (săvétvam)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- препоръчвам (preporăčvam)to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- съветвам (săvetvam)to advise, propose
- поверявам (poverjavam)archaic: to confide to another
Catalan recomanar
- recomanarto commend to the favorable notice of another
Chinese Mandarin 推薦 /推荐
- 推薦 /推荐 (tuījiàn)to commend to the favorable notice of another
Czech doporučovat, doporučit
- doporučovatto commend to the favorable notice of another
- doporučitto commend to the favorable notice of another
Danish anbefale
- anbefaleto commend to the favorable notice of another
Dutch aanraden, aanbevelen
- aanradento commend to the favorable notice of another
- aanbevelento commend to the favorable notice of another
- aanbevelento suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- voordragento suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- aanradento advise, propose
- aanbevelento advise, propose
- adviserento advise, propose
- bevelen in ...archaic: to confide to another
- aanbevelenarchaic: to confide to another
- overdragen aanarchaic: to confide to another
Esperanto rekomendi
- rekomendito commend to the favorable notice of another
Estonian soovitama
- soovitamato commend to the favorable notice of another
Finnish suositella, suosittaa
- suositellato commend to the favorable notice of another
- suosittaato commend to the favorable notice of another
- suositellato suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- houkutellato make acceptable; to attract favor to
- olla houkuttavato make acceptable; to attract favor to
- suositellato advise, propose
- suosittaato advise, propose
- luovuttaaarchaic: to confide to another
French recommander
- recommanderto commend to the favorable notice of another
German empfehlen, empfehlen
- empfehlento commend to the favorable notice of another
- empfehlento advise, propose
Greek προτείνω, υποδεικνύω
- προτείνω (proteíno)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- υποδεικνύω (ypodeiknýo)to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
Hebrew המליץ
- המליץ (himlíts)to commend to the favorable notice of another
Hindi सिफ़ारिश करना
- सिफ़ारिश करना (sifāriś karnā)to commend to the favorable notice of another
Hungarian ajánl
- ajánlto commend to the favorable notice of another
Icelandic mæla með
- mæla meðto commend to the favorable notice of another
Italian raccomandare, consigliare
- raccomandareto commend to the favorable notice of another
- consigliareto commend to the favorable notice of another
- consigliareto advise, propose
Japanese 推薦する, 勧める
- 推薦する (suisen suru)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- 勧める (susumeru)to commend to the favorable notice of another
Korean 추천하다
- 추천하다 (chucheonhada)to commend to the favorable notice of another
Latin commendo
- commendoto commend to the favorable notice of another
Latvian ieteikt
- ieteiktto commend to the favorable notice of another
Lithuanian patarti
- patartito commend to the favorable notice of another
Māori marohi, marohi
- marohito commend to the favorable notice of another
- marohito suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- mārohirohito suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
Norwegian Bokmål anbefale
- anbefaleto commend to the favorable notice of another
Persian توصیه کردن
- توصیه کردن (towsiye kardan)to commend to the favorable notice of another
Polish polecać, polecić
- polecaćto commend to the favorable notice of another
- polecićto commend to the favorable notice of another
Portuguese recomendar
- recomendarto commend to the favorable notice of another
Romanian recomanda
- recomandato commend to the favorable notice of another
Russian рекомендова́ть, порекомендова́ть
- рекомендова́ть (rekomendovátʹ)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- порекомендова́ть (porekomendovátʹ)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- сове́товать (sovétovatʹ)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- посове́товать (posovétovatʹ)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- рекомендова́ть (rekomendovátʹ)to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- порекомендова́ть (porekomendovátʹ)to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- сове́товать (sovétovatʹ)to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- посове́товать (posovétovatʹ)to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- рекомендова́ть (rekomendovátʹ)to advise, propose
- порекомендова́ть (porekomendovátʹ)to advise, propose
- сове́товать (sovétovatʹ)to advise, propose
- посове́товать (posovétovatʹ)to advise, propose
Scottish Gaelic mol
- molto commend to the favorable notice of another
Slovak odporúčať, odporučiť
- odporúčaťto commend to the favorable notice of another
- odporučiťto commend to the favorable notice of another
Spanish recomendar, recomendar
- recomendarto commend to the favorable notice of another
- recomendarto advise, propose
Swedish rekommendera, anbefalla
- rekommenderato commend to the favorable notice of another
- anbefallato commend to the favorable notice of another
- rekommenderato suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- förespråkato suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- rekommenderato advise, propose
- föreslåto advise, propose
Tamil பரிந்துரை செய்
- பரிந்துரை செய் (parinturai cey)to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
Thai แนะนำ
- แนะนำ (nɛ́-nam)to commend to the favorable notice of another
Turkish tavsiye etmek
- tavsiye etmekto commend to the favorable notice of another
Ukrainian рекомендува́ти, порекомендува́ти
- рекомендува́ти (rekomenduváty)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- порекомендува́ти (porekomenduváty)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- ра́дити (rádyty)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- пора́дити (porádyty)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- рекомендува́ти (rekomenduváty)to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
- порекомендува́ти (porekomenduváty)to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
Urdu سفارش کرنا, مشورہ دینا
- سفارش کرنا (sifāriś karnā)to commend to the favorable notice of another
- مشورہ دینا (maśvirā denā)to commend to the favorable notice of another
Vietnamese giới thiệu, đề nghị
- giới thiệuto commend to the favorable notice of another
- đề nghịto commend to the favorable notice of another
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Rhymes with recommend
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Cite this entry
recommend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recommend
“recommend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recommend. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recommend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recommend.
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