1 [VN] ~ sb/sth (to sb) (for / as sth) to tell sb that sth is good or useful, or that sb would be suitable for a particular job, etc:
Can you recommend a good hotel? * I recommend the book to all my students. * She was recommended for the post by a colleague. * The hotel's new restaurant comes highly recommended (= a lot of people have praised it).
2 to advise a particular course of action; to advise sb to do sth:
[VN] The report recommended a 10% pay increase. * It is dangerous to exceed the recommended dose. * a recommended price of $50 * [V(that)] I recommend (that) he see a lawyer. * (BrE also) I recommend (that) he should see a lawyer. * [VN(that)] It is strongly recommended that the machines should be checked every year. * [VNtoinf] We'd recommend you to book your flight early. * [V-ing] He recommended reading the book before seeing the movie. [also VN-ing, Vwh-]
3 [VN] ~ sb/sth (to sb) to make sb/sth seem attractive or good:
This system has much to recommend it.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of recommend come from?
This entry for recommend is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is recommend a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, recommend is tagged as verb.
Does recommend appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — recommend appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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