Stipulate vs Recommend - What's the difference?
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To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
(botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
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
As verbs the difference between stipulate and recommend
is that stipulate is to require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement while recommend is to bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.As an adjective stipulate
is having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.stipulate
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(stipulat)Derived terms
* stipulated * stipulation * stipulativeEtymology 2
Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* exstipulaterecommend
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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
