Keep and Recommend

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Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Recommend is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Recommend

Recommend verb - To put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another.

Usage example: serious gastronomes should recommend their stomachs to the restaurant's chef, giving full rein to his culinary prowess and imagination

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Keep is an antonym for recommend.

Common collocations

people	keep people	recommend people
someone	keep someone	recommend someone
time	keep time	recommend time
story	keep story	recommend story
Other words: ship, anyone.

Both words in one sentence

Conclusion: I recommend you read it, but also that you keep your expectations reserved.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Harry Potter Peggy Sue
In fact, when noobs get stuck (as in "can't get past this part 'cause I keep dying"), veterans regularly recommend that they take a break, do some trading, and come back with a bigger ship.

Source: Take Your Time
So I recommend a melee class." "You keep KILLING MY MINIONS.

Source: Video Game / Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

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Recommend or Keep. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/recommend.

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