1 N‑VAR [oft with poss] The recommendations of a person or a committee are their suggestions or advice on what is the best thing to do. □ The committee's recommendations are unlikely to be made public. □ [+ of ] The decision was made on the recommendation of the Interior Minister.
2 N‑VAR A recommendation of something is the suggestion that someone should have or use it because it is good. □ The best way of finding a solicitor is through personal recommendation. SYNONYMS recommendation NOUN 1
advice: Take my advice and stay away from him!
proposaclass="underline" The President is to put forward new proposals for resolving the country's constitutional crisis.
suggestion: I have lots of suggestions for the park's future.
rec|om|pense /re kəmpens/ (recompenses , recompensing , recompensed )
1 N‑UNCOUNT [in N ] If you are given something, usually money, in recompense , you are given it as a reward or because you have suffered. [FORMAL ] □ [+ for ] He demands no financial recompense for his troubles. □ Substantial damages were paid in recompense.
2 VERB If you recompense someone for their efforts or their loss, you give them something, usually money, as a payment or reward. [FORMAL ] □ [V n + for ] The fees offered by the health service do not recompense dental surgeons for their professional time.
rec|on|cile /re kənsa I l/ (reconciles , reconciling , reconciled )
1 VERB If you reconcile two beliefs, facts, or demands that seem to be opposed or completely different, you find a way in which they can both be true or both be successful. □ [V n] It's difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father. □ [V n + with ] She struggles to reconcile the demands and dangers of her work with her role as a mother and wife.
2 V-PASSIVE If you are reconciled with someone, you become friendly with them again after a quarrel or disagreement. □ [be V -ed] He never believed he and Susan would be reconciled. □ [be V -ed + with ] Devlin was reconciled with the Catholic Church in his last few days.
3 VERB If you reconcile two people, you make them become friends again after a quarrel or disagreement. □ [V n + with ] …my attempt to reconcile him with Toby.
4 VERB If you reconcile yourself to an unpleasant situation, you accept it, although it does not make you happy to do so. □ [V pron-refl + to ] She had reconciled herself to never seeing him again. ● rec|on|ciled ADJ □ [+ to ] She felt a little more reconciled to her lot.
rec|on|cilia|tion /re kəns I lie I ʃ ə n/ (reconciliations )
1 N‑VAR Reconciliation between two people or countries who have quarrelled is the process of their becoming friends again. A reconciliation is an instance of this. □ [+ between ] The film offers little hope of reconciliation between both sides. [Also + with/of ]
2 N‑SING The reconciliation of two beliefs, facts, or demands that seem to be opposed is the process of finding a way in which they can both be true or both be successful. □ [+ of ] …the ideal of democracy based upon a reconciliation of the values of equality and liberty. [Also + with/between ]
re|con|dite /r I kɒ nda I t, re kən-/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Recondite areas of knowledge or learning are difficult to understand, and not many people know about them. [FORMAL ] □ Her poems are modishly experimental in style and recondite in subject-matter.
re|con|di|tion /riː kənd I ʃ ə n/ (reconditions , reconditioning , reconditioned ) VERB To recondition a machine or piece of equipment means to repair or replace all the parts that are damaged or broken. □ [V n] He made contact with someone with an idea for reconditioning laser copiers. □ [V -ed] They sell used and reconditioned motorcycle parts.
re|con|fig|ure /riː kənf I gə, [AM ] -f I gjər/ (reconfigures , reconfiguring , reconfigured ) VERB If you reconfigure a system, device, or computer application, you rearrange its elements or settings. [COMPUTING ] □ It should be simple to reconfigure the mail servers.
re|con|firm /riː kənfɜː r m/ (reconfirms , reconfirming , reconfirmed ) VERB Reconfirm means the same as confirm .
re|con|nais|sance /r I kɒ n I səns/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Reconnaissance is the activity of obtaining military information about a place by sending soldiers or planes there, or by the use of satellites. □ The helicopter was returning from a reconnaissance mission.
re|con|nect /riː kəne kt/ (reconnects , reconnecting , reconnected ) VERB If a company reconnects your electricity, water, gas, or phone after it has been stopped, they provide you with it once again. □ [V n] They charge a £66.10 fee for reconnecting cut-off customers.
rec|on|noi|tre /re kənɔ I tə r / (reconnoitres , reconnoitring , reconnoitred ) in AM, use reconnoiter VERB To reconnoitre an area means to obtain information about its geographical features or about the size and position of an army there. □ [V n] He was sent to Eritrea to reconnoitre the enemy position. □ [V ] I left a sergeant in command and rode forward to reconnoitre.
re|con|quer /riːkɒ ŋkə r / (reconquers , reconquering , reconquered ) VERB If an army reconquers a country or territory after having lost it, they win control over it again. □ [V n] A crusade left Europe in an attempt to reconquer the Holy City.