Recommend
[rekə'mend] or ['rɛkə'mɛnd]
Definition
(verb.) make attractive or acceptable; 'Honesty recommends any person'.
(verb.) push for something; 'The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day'.
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Definition
(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.
(v. t.) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
(v. t.) To commit; to give in charge; to commend.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Commend, praise, approve.[2]. Make acceptable.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Commend, confide, praise, applaud, approve, advise
ANT:Discommend, disapprove, warn, dissuade
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Definition
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.
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Examples
- Mrs. Hurst thought the same, and added: She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Perhaps, said Darcy, I should have judged better, had I sought an introduction; but I am ill-qualified to recommend myself to strangers. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I should recommend you also to send a note by the cabman to your wife to say that you have thrown in your lot with me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I don't want a son-in-law who has got nothing but his relations to recommend him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I recommend you not to bother yourself about it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I can recommend them, for I have them especially prepared by Ionides, of Alexandria. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- These were all the speeches that were made, and I recommend them to parties who present policemen with gold watches, as models of brevity and point. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He had several times been recommended for a brigadier-generalcy for gallant and meritorious conduct. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Bell has recommended me to a Mr. Thornton, a tenant of his, and a very intelligent man, as far as I can judge from his letters. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She was soon in the room, and recommended that Arthur, whom she had left calm and composed, should not be visited that night. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She has arranged to travel by the afternoon train, as I recommended. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Sir Thomas, after a moment's thought, recommended speculation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Dear Ma'am, replied Elinor, smiling at the difference of the complaints for which it was recommended, how good you are! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Through the greater part of Europe, a kitchen garden is not at present supposed to deserve a better inclosure than mat recommended by Columella. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Its cheapness recommends it despite the fact that it is not of equal strength, and also that its fibers are shorter, being from two to four feet in length. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Louder, the woman recommends. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He also recommends it to us, To speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Throw it away,' he coolly recommends as to the parasol; 'you have made it useless; you look ridiculous with it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was not possible that the occurrence should not be strongly recommending each to the other. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Many firms, large and small, throughout the country were using and recommending the chain addressograph. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Get it soon, and let it be made by a dressmaker of my recommending. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was repulsed on both occasions, but gained such information of the ground as to induce him to report recommending the assault. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His method of recommending himself to me is entirely different. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Do not you remember his cutting his finger with your new penknife, and your recommending court-plaister? Jane Austen. Emma.
- When about sixteen years of age I happened to meet with another book, written by one Tryon, recommending a vegetable diet. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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