recommendverb [ T ]
uk/ˌrek.əˈmend/us/ˌrek.əˈmend/B1 to suggest that someone or something would be good or suitable for a particular job or purpose, or to suggest that a particular action should be done:
I can recommend the chicken in mushroom sauce - it's delicious.
She has been recommended for promotion.
The headmistress agreed to recommend the teachers' proposals to the school governors.
[ + (that) ] The doctor recommended (that) I get more exercise.
[ + -ing verb ] I recommend writing your feelings down on paper.
The city has much/little to recommend it (= it has many/few pleasant qualities).
More examples
- We recommend that this wine should be consumed within six months.
- The report recommends that more resources be devoted to teaching four-year-olds.
- The doctor recommended swimming as the best all-round exercise.
- You seemed a bit hesitant about recommending that restaurant - is something wrong with it?
- For your safety, we recommend you keep your seat belt loosely fastened during the flight.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- right behind sb idiom
- speak
- sponsor
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- sympathize
- sympathy
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recommended
adjective uk/ˌrek.əˈmen.dɪd/us/ˌrek.əˈmen.dɪd/
It is dangerous to take more than the recommended dose of this medicine.
She is a highly recommended architect.