Meaning of "recommend" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RECOMMEND

Via Medieval Latin from Latin re- + commendāre to commend.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RECOMMEND

recommend  [ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECOMMEND

Recommend is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb recommend in English.

WHAT DOES RECOMMEND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of recommend in the English dictionary

The first definition of recommend in the dictionary is to advise as the best course or choice; counsel. Other definition of recommend is to praise or commend. Recommend is also to make attractive or advisable.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RECOMMEND

PRESENT

Present

I recommend

you recommend

he/she/it recommends

we recommend

you recommend

they recommend

Present continuous

I am recommending

you are recommending

he/she/it is recommending

we are recommending

you are recommending

they are recommending

Present perfect

I have recommended

you have recommended

he/she/it has recommended

we have recommended

you have recommended

they have recommended

Present perfect continuous

I have been recommending

you have been recommending

he/she/it has been recommending

we have been recommending

you have been recommending

they have been recommending

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I recommended

you recommended

he/she/it recommended

we recommended

you recommended

they recommended

Past continuous

I was recommending

you were recommending

he/she/it was recommending

we were recommending

you were recommending

they were recommending

Past perfect

I had recommended

you had recommended

he/she/it had recommended

we had recommended

you had recommended

they had recommended

Past perfect continuous

I had been recommending

you had been recommending

he/she/it had been recommending

we had been recommending

you had been recommending

they had been recommending

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will recommend

you will recommend

he/she/it will recommend

we will recommend

you will recommend

they will recommend

Future continuous

I will be recommending

you will be recommending

he/she/it will be recommending

we will be recommending

you will be recommending

they will be recommending

Future perfect

I will have recommended

you will have recommended

he/she/it will have recommended

we will have recommended

you will have recommended

they will have recommended

Future perfect continuous

I will have been recommending

you will have been recommending

he/she/it will have been recommending

we will have been recommending

you will have been recommending

they will have been recommending

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would recommend

you would recommend

he/she/it would recommend

we would recommend

you would recommend

they would recommend

Conditional continuous

I would be recommending

you would be recommending

he/she/it would be recommending

we would be recommending

you would be recommending

they would be recommending

Conditional perfect

I would have recommend

you would have recommend

he/she/it would have recommend

we would have recommend

you would have recommend

they would have recommend

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been recommending

you would have been recommending

he/she/it would have been recommending

we would have been recommending

you would have been recommending

they would have been recommending

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you recommend
we let´s recommend
you recommend

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to recommend

Past participle

recommended

Present Participle

recommending

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «RECOMMEND»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «recommend» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of recommend

advance · advise · advocate · approve · big up · commend · counsel · endorse · enjoin · exhort · praise · prescribe · propose · put forward · put up · suggest · urge

TRANSLATION OF RECOMMEND

Find out the translation of recommend to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of recommend from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «recommend» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 推荐
• Translator English - Spanish: recomendar
• English: recommend
• Translator English - Hindi: की सिफारिश
• Translator English - Arabic: يُوصي ب
• Translator English - Russian: рекомендовать
• Translator English - Portuguese: recomendar
• Translator English - Bengali: সুপারিশ করা
• Translator English - French: recommander
• Translator English - Malay: Mengesyorkan
• Translator English - German: empfehlen
• Translator English - Japanese: 勧める
• Translator English - Korean: 추천하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Nyaranake
• Translator English - Vietnamese: khuyến nghị
• Translator English - Tamil: பரிந்துரை
• Translator English - Marathi: शिफारस करा
• Translator English - Turkish: tavsiye etmek
• Translator English - Italian: raccomandare
• Translator English - Polish: polecić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: рекомендувати
• Translator English - Romanian: a recomanda
• Translator English - Greek: συνιστώ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: beveel
• Translator English - Swedish: rekommendera
• Translator English - Norwegian: anbefale

10 QUOTES WITH «RECOMMEND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word recommend.

1

Neil Armstrong

It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it.

2

Chester A. Arthur

It is provided by the Constitution that the President shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.

3

Armand Assante

It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all.

4

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I don't know about changing my perspective, because motherhood is such a glorious blessing and I am very thankful for that. It's such a beautiful experience. I so strongly recommend it. It's bliss, love and fulfillment of another level.

5

Tallulah Bankhead

Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

6

Ludwig van Beethoven

Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.

7

Ludwig van Beethoven

Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.

8

David Blaine

I think anybody can do any of these if they train. I don't recommend it, but anybody could do it if there was a need.

9

Jan Brewer

I as an elected official would never recommend anybody to boycott any city or state.

10

Bat for Lashes

I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies. I'd recommend every woman to read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' - it's about being in touch with your more wild, free and powerful side.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECOMMEND»

Discover the use of recommend in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to recommend and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Read, Remember, Recommend: A Reading Journal for Book Lovers

The ultimate organizing resource for book-lovers and a self-published hit, Read, Remember, Recommend gives readers a one-stop shop to keep track of their reading.

Rachelle Rogers Knight, 2010

The Faith I Highly Recommend: Adventist Spirituality for ...

With colorful strokes of personal testimony and cleverly crafted comparisons, author John Thomas McLarty paints a picture of the laws of God that ultimately point to one profound truth: God is love.

John McLarty, 2010

Travel writers recommend America's best resorts

Author George Zimmerman provides the inside scoop on the places where travel writers themselves choose to take their vacations--from glamorous getaways to rustic retreats.

George Zimmermann, 1989

Listen to this!: leading musicians recommend their favorite ...

Annotated with notes on record labels and availability of recordings, this guide also offers resource information for finding almost any of the musical recommendations.

Alan Reder, John Baxter, 1999

Can You Recommend a Good Book on Indexing?: Collected ...

Collected Reviews on the Organization of Information Bella Hass Weinberg. few AACR2 rules span more than one page. Use of this type of locator also facilitated compilation of the index prior to the page proof stage. One aspect of the filing ...

Bella Hass Weinberg, 1998

House Journal

79: Majority report, recommend it be indefinitely postponed; minority report, recommend in pass. House bill No. 417: Recommed it pass. House bill No. 365: Recommend it be indefinitely postponed. House bill No. 394: Recommend it pass .

Washington (State). Legislature. House, 1901

Establishing a commission to recommend improvements for the ...

as we sit here today, the administration is making moves to cut the budget of the EEOC by S4 million. The truth is that the EEOC is understaffed. It has been under a hiring freeze since 2001 and the agency projects that its backlog of cases will ...

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What Should I Read Next?: 70 University of Virginia ...

What Should I Read Next? taps seventy University of Virginia professors in an array of fields for suggestions on how to satisfy this nagging intellectual curiosity.

Jessica Rosalind Feldman, Robert Stilling, 2008

Journal

(16) We recommend that House concur in Senate amendments as to Florence County. (17) We recommend that Senate concur in House amendments as to Greenville County. (18) We recommend that House concur in Senate amendments as ...

South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate, 1908

Autism Education and Early Intervention: What Experts ...

Lori A. Reffert. Even though ABA is a theory, people tend to use the term to describe a treatment approach that also includes discrete trial training. While the terms discrete trial training and ABA are often used interchangeably, both are different ...

Lori A. Reffert, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECOMMEND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term recommend is used in the context of the following news items.

An alcoholic fog has much to recommend it

An alcoholic fog has much to recommend it. Barbara Ellen. Being stone-cold sober might be good for your health, but oh for the days of downing a glass of good ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

'Eat no more than SEVEN teaspoons of sugar a day,' say …

Adults should restrict the amount of sugar in their diet to just seven teaspoons or cubes - half what is currently recommended, experts today advised the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Readers recommend: songs about safety … and danger

Don't try this at home … Robbie Knievel, son of Evel, flies over a gap across Arizona's Grand Canyon on 20 May, 1999 before crashing and sustaining injuries. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

'Consumer Reports' Says Laundry Pods Are Too Risky To …

Consumer Reports, the granddaddy of advice-givers on what to buy, won't recommend laundry pods containing liquid detergent anymore. The risks to small kids ... «NPR, Jul 15»

Readers recommend: minimalist songs

Readers recommend: minimalist songs. Stripped back, pared down, sparse or pure? Suggest music that in sound or lyrics expresses clarity or simplicity distilled ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Readers recommend: songs from or about Canada - results

Readers recommend: songs from or about Canada - results. Going east to west via Gordon Lightfoot to Bruce Cockburn, Newfoundland to Vancouver, RR ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Readers recommend: songs from or about Canada

Neil Young? Joni Mitchell? This week pick out music that goes beyond the big stars to capture the spirit, culture, and landscape of this vast, bilingual country. «The Guardian, Jun 15»

Readers recommend: songs about books

So welcome then to the Readers Recommend library, bigger than the Bodleian ... a day, and whose own list of recommended reads, at an exhibition in Ontario, ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

Hundreds of NHS staff would not recommend their jobs to a friend

Staff were surveyed in April this year. Six months earlier 68 per cent of staff said they would recommend working at the trust that runs Sandwell Hospital and City ... «expressandstar.com, Jun 15»

Readers recommend: songs with a warning

Readers recommend: songs with a warning. You'd better watch out, you'd better beware … in message, lyrics or narrative there are many songs waiting to be ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»