recommend
To bestow commendation onTo bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
» I can recommend a good restaurant.
Ich kann ein gutes Restaurant empfehlen.
Я могу порекомендовать хороший ресторан.
Я можу порекомендувати добрий ресторан.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
empfehlen
рекомендова́тьrekomendovátʹ, порекомендова́тьporekomendovátʹ, сове́товатьsovétovatʹ
рекомендува́тиrekomenduváty, порекомендува́тиporekomenduváty, ра́дитиrádyty
(transitive)To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
A city that has much to recommend it.
make attractive or acceptable
(transitive)To advise, propose, counsel favorably.
The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
My therapist recommended that I rest the mind and exercise the body.
empfehlen
рекомендова́тьrekomendovátʹ, порекомендова́тьporekomendovátʹ, сове́товатьsovétovatʹ
(archaic, transitive)To commit, to confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations.
A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery.
Examples
846 sentencesI can recommend a good restaurant.
Я можу порекомендувати добрий ресторан.
ruЯ могу порекомендовать хороший ресторан.
deIch kann ein gutes Restaurant empfehlen.
I recommended Tom for the job.
Я порекомендував на цю роботу Тома.
Can you recommend a good book?
Можеш порекомендувати добру книжку?
ruМожешь порекомендовать хорошую книгу?
deKannst du ein gutes Buch empfehlen?
Can you recommend a good lawyer?
Можеш порекомендувати доброго адвоката?
ruМожете ли вы порекомендовать хорошего адвоката?
You were recommended by a friend.
Тебе порекомендував друг.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander),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”).
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Forms
recommends, recommending, recommended, recommended| Base form | recommend · to recommend |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | recommends |
| Present participle | recommending |
| Past simple | recommended |
| Past participle | recommended |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
5 antonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- C1The subjunctive and formal structures — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- recommend a good
- recommend doing doing
- highly recommend
- one who recommended
- recommended this book
- recommended this restaurant
- who recommended this
- teacher recommended that
- can recommend a
- teacher recommended
- recommend not doing
- doctor recommended