--- title: R — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 13 description: The 1025 words of the English dictionary under R, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / R # R — The English dictionary · page 13 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* To reciprocate is to give or do the same thing back to someone who gave or did it to you.[↗](../../reciprocate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To return a feeling, such as liking or love, that someone has for you.[↗](../../reciprocate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To answer a kind act, a favour or an invitation with one of your own.[↗](../../reciprocate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She smiled at the new girl, and the new girl reciprocated with a wave.[↗](../../reciprocate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When Tom helped me with my maths, I reciprocated by helping him with spelling.[↗](../../reciprocate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He liked her, but sadly she did not reciprocate his feelings.[↗](../../reciprocate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They invited us to dinner, so next month we will reciprocate.[↗](../../reciprocate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Good neighbours reciprocate small kindnesses.[↗](../../reciprocate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The school hopes the visiting team will reciprocate the invitation.[↗](../../reciprocate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If you lend a pencil, a friend will often reciprocate one day.[↗](../../reciprocate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **recital** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A performance of music, dance or poetry, often by one person or by pupils, for an audience.[↗](../../recital/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A spoken list or account of many things, one after another: a recital of complaints.[↗](../../recital/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The act of saying a poem or text aloud from memory (recitation).[↗](../../recital/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My piano recital is on Saturday.[↗](../../recital/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone clapped at the end of the dance recital.[↗](../../recital/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She practised her violin every day before the recital.[↗](../../recital/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class gave a poetry recital in assembly.[↗](../../recital/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma listened to my long recital of everything that went wrong at school.[↗](../../recital/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I was nervous before the recital, but I played well.[↗](../../recital/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "How very confusing!" said the jackal, when the recital was ended; "would you mind telling me over again, for everything has got so mixed up?"[↗](../../recital/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **recitation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A recitation is saying a poem, speech or piece of writing aloud from memory, often in front of an audience.[↗](../../recitation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A recitation can also be a long spoken list of facts or events, said one after another.[↗](../../recitation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church) Recitation of a prayer or psalm means saying it aloud, often together.[↗](../../recitation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She won a prize for her recitation of a poem by Christina Rossetti.[↗](../../recitation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Every pupil did a short recitation at the assembly.[↗](../../recitation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The recitation of the Lord's Prayer ended the service.[↗](../../recitation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His recitation of the times tables was fast and perfect.[↗](../../recitation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa gave a long recitation of all his old football results.[↗](../../recitation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We practised the recitation until we knew every word.[↗](../../recitation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Poetry recitation helps you speak with expression.[↗](../../recitation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **recite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To recite is to say a poem, story or piece of writing aloud from memory.[↗](../../recite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To recite a list is to say many things one after another, like facts or names.[↗](../../recite/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She recited a poem in assembly.[↗](../../recite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you recite the seven times table?[↗](../../recite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We recited the alphabet backwards.[↗](../../recite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He recited the list of planets from memory.[↗](../../recite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The class recited the poem together.[↗](../../recite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy recited his address to the police officer.[↗](../../recite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad can still recite poems from school.[↗](../../recite/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She recited all the reasons she should get a dog.[↗](../../recite/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Here a group played circus, there another sang and recited.[↗](../../recite/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **reckless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Doing dangerous things without caring or thinking about what could go wrong.[↗](../../reckless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Done in a careless, risky way: reckless driving, reckless spending.[↗](../../reckless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was reckless to climb the cliff without a rope.[↗](../../reckless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The driver was fined for reckless driving.[↗](../../reckless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be reckless — look both ways before you cross.[↗](../../reckless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was reckless with his pocket money and spent it all in one day.[↗](../../reckless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The reckless knight charged at the dragon without a plan.[↗](../../reckless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Swimming alone in the sea at night is reckless.[↗](../../reckless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They were a pair of reckless fellows, who always had something foolish to do.[↗](../../reckless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **recklessly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a careless way, without thinking about danger or the harm that might follow.[↗](../../recklessly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He rode his bike recklessly down the steep hill.[↗](../../recklessly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Let them!" she answered recklessly.[↗](../../recklessly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not spend your pocket money recklessly.[↗](../../recklessly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **reckon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, especially UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) To think or believe; to have an opinion.[↗](../../reckon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To guess or estimate a number.[↗](../../reckon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal, old) To count or calculate.[↗](../../reckon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* reckon on: to expect or rely on something.[↗](../../reckon/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* reckon with: to have to deal with someone or something.[↗](../../reckon/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I reckon it's going to rain this arvo.[↗](../../reckon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many sweets do you reckon are in the jar?[↗](../../reckon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She reckons she can run faster than her brother.[↗](../../reckon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We didn't reckon on so many people coming.[↗](../../reckon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He's a player to be reckoned with.[↗](../../reckon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I reckon the shop is about two kilometres away.[↗](../../reckon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you reckon we'll win?[↗](../../reckon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Let us reckon the heads first.[↗](../../reckon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the gift which ye set apart shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the wine-press.[↗](../../reckon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.18.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reckon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.[↗](../../reckon/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.52, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reckon/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.[↗](../../reckon/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.27.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reckon/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.[↗](../../reckon/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.44.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reckon/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.[↗](../../reckon/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.7.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reckon/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah, (Writings 1CH.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reckon/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **reclaimed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Past of «reclaim»: got something back that was yours.[↗](../../reclaimed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* adjective Saved and used again instead of thrown away: «reclaimed wood».[↗](../../reclaimed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* adjective (land) Made usable again, for example by draining the sea or cleaning polluted land.[↗](../../reclaimed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) Rescued someone from a bad way of life.[↗](../../reclaimed/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We reclaimed our bags at the airport.[↗](../../reclaimed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The table is made from reclaimed wood.[↗](../../reclaimed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Much of the Netherlands is reclaimed land.[↗](../../reclaimed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old rubbish dump was reclaimed as a nature park.[↗](../../reclaimed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He reclaimed his title as champion.[↗](../../reclaimed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Reclaimed bricks were used to build the new playhouse.[↗](../../reclaimed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She reclaimed the umbrella from lost property.[↗](../../reclaimed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **recline** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To lean or lie back in a relaxed way, often resting on something.[↗](../../recline/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandad likes to recline in his armchair after lunch.[↗](../../recline/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat reclined on the warm rug.[↗](../../recline/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She reclined against a pile of cushions and read.[↗](../../recline/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.[↗](../../recline/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.18.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../recline/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and thou saidst: 'I will not transgress'; upon every high hill and under every leafy tree thou didst recline, playing the harlot.[↗](../../recline/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.2.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../recline/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **recliner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A recliner is a soft armchair whose back can lean back and whose footrest can come up, so you can lie back comfortably.[↗](../../recliner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Some car, plane or cinema seats are also called recliners.[↗](../../recliner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa fell asleep in his recliner.[↗](../../recliner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pull the lever and the recliner leans back.[↗](../../recliner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cinema has big recliners with cup holders.[↗](../../recliner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't let small children climb on the footrest of the recliner; fingers can get caught.[↗](../../recliner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad watched the match from his recliner.[↗](../../recliner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new recliner was the comfiest chair in the house.[↗](../../recliner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **reclining** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Leaning or lying back in a relaxed way: «a reclining figure».[↗](../../reclining/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of seats) Able to tip back: «a reclining chair», «reclining seats on a plane».[↗](../../reclining/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) Lying back or leaning back.[↗](../../reclining/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandad fell asleep in his reclining chair.[↗](../../reclining/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach had reclining seats for the long trip.[↗](../../reclining/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Henry Moore made big statues of reclining figures.[↗](../../reclining/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat was reclining on the warm windowsill.[↗](../../reclining/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In Thailand there is a huge reclining Buddha statue.[↗](../../reclining/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Please put your reclining seat upright for landing.[↗](../../reclining/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Here," said Noureddin, "let us pass the night," and reclining on the sofas they soon fell asleep.[↗](../../reclining/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **recluse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who lives alone and avoids being with other people.[↗](../../recluse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A brown recluse is a kind of poisonous spider in the USA.[↗](../../recluse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old man lived as a recluse in the woods.[↗](../../recluse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · People thought the recluse was scary, but he was just shy.[↗](../../recluse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the children made friends with the recluse next door.[↗](../../recluse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She became a recluse after her husband died.[↗](../../recluse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The brown recluse spider can give a nasty bite.[↗](../../recluse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A recluse rarely leaves the house.[↗](../../recluse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Planudes, however, was no mere recluse, shut up in his monastery.[↗](../../recluse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **recognisable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Recognisable means easy to know or identify because you have seen or heard it before.[↗](../../recognisable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Recognisable means clear enough to be identified.[↗](../../recognisable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her red coat is easily recognisable.[↗](../../recognisable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The song is instantly recognisable.[↗](../../recognisable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the haircut he was barely recognisable.[↗](../../recognisable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Police uniforms make officers recognisable.[↗](../../recognisable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A triangle is a recognisable shape.[↗](../../recognisable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The logo is recognisable all over the world.[↗](../../recognisable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old town was hardly recognisable after the flood.[↗](../../recognisable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Your handwriting is very recognisable.[↗](../../recognisable/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **recognise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To recognise someone or something is to know who or what they are because you have seen, heard or met them before.[↗](../../recognise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To accept that something is true or real.[↗](../../recognise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To show that you value something someone has done, often by praising or rewarding it.[↗](../../recognise/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I didn't recognise you with your new haircut\![↗](../../recognise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you recognise these shapes?[↗](../../recognise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She recognised the song straight away.[↗](../../recognise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn to recognise the signs of a scam.[↗](../../recognise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school recognised his hard work with a certificate.[↗](../../recognise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dogs recognise their owners by smell.[↗](../../recognise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He recognised that he had made a mistake.[↗](../../recognise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She recognised Gerda immediately, and Gerda knew her too.[↗](../../recognise/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Third sect recognised no god beside the Sun, in which it recognised the sole principle of existence."[↗](../../recognise/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../recognise/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **recognition** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Recognition is knowing someone or something because you have seen or heard it before.[↗](../../recognition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Recognition is praise or thanks for something good a person has done.[↗](../../recognition/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Recognition is accepting that something is true or real.[↗](../../recognition/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (computing) Face or voice recognition is a computer identifying faces or voices.[↗](../../recognition/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She got a certificate in recognition of her hard work.[↗](../../recognition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The town had changed beyond recognition.[↗](../../recognition/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A look of recognition crossed his face.[↗](../../recognition/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My phone uses face recognition.[↗](../../recognition/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Speech recognition turns your voice into text.[↗](../../recognition/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The volunteers deserve recognition.[↗](../../recognition/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There was no sign of recognition in the dog's eyes.[↗](../../recognition/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The book brought her worldwide recognition.[↗](../../recognition/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She saw recognition come into his eyes as he was about to pass them the time of day and go on; once even she had to call him by name.[↗](../../recognition/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **recognize** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To know someone or something again because you have seen, heard or met it before.[↗](../../recognize/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I recognize your face from the school photo.[↗](../../recognize/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She recognized her brother's voice at once.[↗](../../recognize/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you recognize the tune?[↗](../../recognize/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **recognized** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Knew who someone was or what something was because you had seen or heard it before.[↗](../../recognized/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Accepted or admitted that something is true: «He recognized his mistake».[↗](../../recognized/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Officially accepted, as in «a recognized qualification» or «a recognized country».[↗](../../recognized/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Showed thanks for or praised someone's work: «She was recognized for her bravery».[↗](../../recognized/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I recognized my teacher in the supermarket.[↗](../../recognized/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole recognized the smell of his old home at once.[↗](../../recognized/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She recognized her mistake and said sorry.[↗](../../recognized/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighter was recognized for his courage.[↗](../../recognized/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It is a recognized school subject.[↗](../../recognized/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody recognized Toad in the washerwoman's clothes.[↗](../../recognized/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He recognized the song after two notes.[↗](../../recognized/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Dog immediately recognized Pinocchio’s voice.[↗](../../recognized/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **recollect** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To remember something from the past, often with effort: «I don't recollect his name.».[↗](../../recollect/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (re-collect, with a hyphen) To collect or gather again: «re-collect the worksheets».[↗](../../recollect/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To calm yourself or get your thoughts together: «She paused to recollect herself.».[↗](../../recollect/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I can't recollect where I put my keys.[↗](../../recollect/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma recollects the day the war ended.[↗](../../recollect/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · As far as I can recollect, we met at the zoo.[↗](../../recollect/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you recollect seeing a red car?[↗](../../recollect/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried to recollect the words of the poem.[↗](../../recollect/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The witness could not recollect the man's face.[↗](../../recollect/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I am quite sure if I recollect all this tomorrow, it will appear utterly ridiculous and absurd.[↗](../../recollect/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **recollection** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A memory of something from the past.[↗](../../recollection/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (uncountable) The ability to remember: «I have no recollection of it.».[↗](../../recollection/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church) Calm, quiet prayer and thoughtfulness.[↗](../../recollection/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have a vague recollection of my first day at school.[↗](../../recollection/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad shared his recollections of growing up on a farm.[↗](../../recollection/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She had no recollection of where she put her keys.[↗](../../recollection/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · To the best of my recollection, the shop closes at six.[↗](../../recollection/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His recollection of the match was different from mine.[↗](../../recollection/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The nuns spent the day in quiet recollection.[↗](../../recollection/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They go on with their recollections.[↗](../../recollection/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **recommence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To begin again after a stop or break.[↗](../../recommence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To start doing something again.[↗](../../recommence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lessons will recommence on Monday.[↗](../../recommence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After the rain stopped, the match recommenced.[↗](../../recommence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The builders recommenced work on the bridge.[↗](../../recommence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The music stopped, then recommenced a minute later.[↗](../../recommence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please recommence your test when the bell rings.[↗](../../recommence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Trains will recommence running at six o'clock.[↗](../../recommence/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the hall was cleansed and the banquet recommenced.[↗](../../recommence/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **recommend** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To recommend something is to say it is good and that someone should try it, like a book or a film.[↗](../../recommend/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To recommend that someone does something is to advise them to do it.[↗](../../recommend/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I recommend this book; it's really funny.[↗](../../recommend/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor recommended plenty of rest.[↗](../../recommend/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you recommend a good film for kids?[↗](../../recommend/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The game is recommended for ages ten and up.[↗](../../recommend/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher recommends reading for twenty minutes every day.[↗](../../recommend/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I highly recommend the chocolate cake.[↗](../../recommend/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Experts recommend wearing a helmet on a bike.[↗](../../recommend/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A Bricklayer earnestly recommended bricks as affording the best material for an effective resistance.[↗](../../recommend/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) … [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/12/) **13** [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/14/) … [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/55/) - ← previous: [page 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