recommended
rek-uh-MEN-did/ˌɹɛkəˈmɛndɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of recommend.
The committee recommended several changes to the hiring policy.
This hotel was recommended by nearly everyone we asked.
Note
One spelling does the work of two forms. It is the finite past in they recommended a change, and the participle after have (has recommended) or after be in the passive (was recommended by everyone). The participle also settles into an adjective that grades with more and most: a highly recommended book, the most recommended option. Before a noun it reads as a description, not an action.
recommended is a form of recommend
recommend, verb: To suggest a person, thing, or course of action as a good choice or the wise thing to do. Full entry
- Forms
- recommendrecommends he/she/itrecommending -ing formrecommended past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- recommend → recommended: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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