Recommended vs Recommend - What's the difference?
recommended | recommend | Derived terms |
(recommend)
To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
To advise, propose, counsel favorably
(archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
To advise, propose, counsel favorably
(archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
Recommend is a derived term of recommended.
As verbs the difference between recommended and recommend
is that recommended is past tense of recommend while recommend is to bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.recommended
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Verb
(head)recommend
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Verb
(en verb)- The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- ''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) . SeeSynonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* discourage * disapprove * opposeDerived terms
* recommendable * recommendatory * recommended * recommenderAnagrams
* English reporting verbsrecommend
English
Verb
(en verb)- The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- ''A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery
