recommend
/ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
Transitive verb
verb
To commit, to confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations.
Archaic; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions."
- "A city that has much to recommend it."
- "The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body."
- "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."
- "The 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."
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 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)).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: recommenden, recommender, re-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/
- British English: /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/