different between specify vs recommend
specify
English
Etymology
From Old French specifier, especefier, or directly from Medieval Latin specific?, from specificus (“specific”).
Pronunciation
- (UK)IPA(key): /?sp?s.?.fa?/
- (US)IPA(key): /?sp?s.??fa?/
- Hyphenation: spe?ci?fy
Verb
specify (third-person singular simple present specifies, present participle specifying, simple past and past participle specified)
- (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
- (transitive) To include in a specification.
- (transitive) To bring about a specific result.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To speak explicitly or in detail (often used with of).
Synonyms
- explicitize
- disambiguate
Derived terms
- above-specified
Related terms
- specifiable
- specific
- specification
Translations
specify From the web:
- what specify means
- what specify the space in the vehicle
- what specify number
- what does specify mean
- what is the definition of specify
recommend
English
Etymology
From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commend?re.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /??k??m?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
- Hyphenation: rec?om?mend
Verb
recommend (third-person singular simple present recommends, present participle recommending, simple past and past participle recommended)
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
- A city that has much to recommend it.
- (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably
- The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- (transitive, 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 Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:advise
Antonyms
- deprecate
- disrecommend
- discourage
- disapprove
- oppose
Derived terms
Related terms
- recommendation
Translations
Anagrams
- commender
Middle English
Verb
recommend
- Alternative form of recommenden
recommend From the web:
- what recommendations are made to motivate achievement
- what recommend mean
- what recommended tire pressure
- how to improve achievement motivation
- how to increase achievement motivation
- what is motivation achievement
- how to develop achievement motivation
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