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rec·om·mend  (rk-mnd)
v. rec·om·mend·ed, rec·om·mend·ing, rec·om·mends
v.tr.
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.
v.intr.
To give advice or counsel: "recommended against signing an international agreement" (Time).
[Middle English recomenden, from Medieval Latin recommendre : Latin re-, re- + Latin commendre, to entrust, commend; see commend.]
recom·menda·ble adj.
recom·mender n.
Translations
recommended [ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd] adj
[dose] → conseillé(e), recommandé(e); [price] → conseillé(e)
[book, film] → recommandé(e), conseillé(e)
Though ten years old, this book is highly recommended
BUT Bien que ce livre date d'il y a dix ans, nous vous le conseillons vivement.
recommended daily allowance n → apport m quotidien recommandé
recommended reading n → ouvrages mpl recommandés
recommended retail price n → prix m conseillé
recommended [ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd] adj → consigliato/a
highly recommended → vivamente consigliato/a
recommended retail price → prezzo (di vendita) consigliato
recommended [ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd] adj → consigliato/a
highly recommended → vivamente consigliato/a
recommended retail price → prezzo (di vendita) consigliato


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In the mild season of peace, with minds unoccupied by other subjects, they passed many months in cool, uninterrupted, and daily consultation; and finally, without having been awed by power, or influenced by any passions except love for their country, they presented and recommended to the people the plan produced by their joint and very unanimous councils.
Federalist Papers Authored by John Jay by Jay, John View in context
"That is all very well," said one of the older foxes; "but I do not think you would have recommended us to dispense with our chief ornament if you had not happened to lose it yourself.
Fables by Aesop View in context
But as this work is chiefly recommended to those who know how to read it, and how to make the good uses of it which the story all along recommends to them, so it is to be hoped that such readers will be more leased with the moral than the fable, with the application than with the relation, and with the end of the writer than with the life of the person written of.
The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context
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