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Recommended vs Okay - What's the difference?

recommended | okay |

As a verb recommended

is (recommend).

As a proper noun okay is

.

recommended

English

Verb

(head)
  • (recommend)

    • recommend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
    • The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
  • To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
  • To advise, propose, counsel favorably
    • The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
  • (archaic) To commit, 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

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * discourage * disapprove * oppose

    Derived terms

    * recommendable * recommendatory * recommended * recommender

    Related terms

    * recommendation

    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs

    okay

    English

    (wikipedia okay)

    Alternative forms

    * OK, , 'kay, m'kay, A-OK, otay ok, okeh, okey, okie-dokie, kay

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • See

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • See

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • See

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
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    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
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    • Anagrams

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