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SYLLABICATION:	rec·om·mend
PRONUNCIATION:	rk-mnd
VERB:	Inflected forms: rec·om·mend·ed, rec·om·mend·ing, rec·om·mends
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To praise or commend (one) to another as being worthy or desirable; endorse: recommended him for the job; recommended a car instead of an SUV. 2. To make (the possessor, as of an attribute) attractive or acceptable: Honesty recommends any person. 3. To commit to the charge of another; entrust. 4. To advise or counsel: She recommended that we be on time. See synonyms at advise.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To give advice or counsel: “recommended against signing an international agreement” (Time).
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English recomenden, from Medieval Latin recommendre : Latin re-, re- + Latin commendre, to entrust, commend; see commend.
OTHER FORMS:	recom·menda·ble —ADJECTIVE recom·mender —NOUN


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