recommend

recommend
[[t]re̱kəme̱nd[/t]]
♦♦
recommends, recommending, recommended
1) VERB If someone recommends a person or thing to you, they suggest that you would find that person or thing good or useful.

[V n to/for/as n] I have just spent a holiday there and would recommend it to anyone...

[V n to/for/as n] `You're a good worker, boy,' he told him. `I'll recommend you for a promotion.'...

[V n] Ask your doctor to recommend a suitable therapist.

Derived words:
recommended ADJ-GRADED

Though ten years old, this book is highly recommended.

2) VERB If you recommend that something is done, you suggest that it should be done.

[V that] The judge recommended that he serve 20 years in prison...

[V n/-ing] We strongly recommend reporting the incident to the police...

[it be V-ed that] It is recommended that you should consult your doctor...

[V-ed] The recommended daily dose is 12 to 24 grams. [Also V n to-inf]

3) VERB If something or someone has a particular quality to recommend them, that quality makes them attractive or gives them an advantage over similar things or people.

[V n] La Noblesse restaurant has much to recommend it...

[V n] He had little but his enthusiasm to recommend him...

[V n to n] These qualities recommended him to Olivier.


English dictionary. 2008.

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