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- Dictionaryrecommend/ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/
verb
- 1. put forward (someone or something) with approval as being suitable for a particular purpose or role: "George had recommended some local architects" Similar Opposite
- 2. commend or entrust someone or something to (someone): archaic "I devoutly recommended my spirit to its maker"
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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.
1. a. : to present (something) as worthy of acceptance or trial. Can you recommend a good restaurant? This brand was highly recommended. hired a contractor who came well recommended. b. : to endorse (someone) as fit, worthy, or competent. Her previous employer recommended her for the position. 2.
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. The restaurant has much to recommend it.
If you recommend a person or thing is to vouch for them. Recommend can also be to advise. If your doctor recommended an exercise program to you that's changed your life, you might recommend your doctor to your friends. Recommend is connected to the verb commend "to praise."
Recommend definition: to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably. See examples of RECOMMEND used in a sentence.
1. to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, or use; commend. 2. to urge or suggest as appropriate, satisfying, or beneficial: to recommend a special diet.
Verb Forms. to tell somebody that something is good or useful, or that somebody would be suitable for a particular job, etc. recommend somebody/something The hotel's new restaurant comes highly recommended (= a lot of people have praised it).
/ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/ Verb Forms. to tell someone that something is good or useful, or that someone would be suitable for a particular job, etc. recommend somebody/something Can you recommend a good hotel? recommend somebody/something (to somebody) (for/as something) I recommend the book to all my students. She was recommended for the job by a colleague.
to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book. to represent or urge as advisable or expedient: to recommend caution.
recommend. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English rec‧om‧mend /ˌrekəˈmend/ S2 W2 verb [ transitive] 1 to advise someone to do something, especially because you have special knowledge of a situation or subject recommend (that) I recommend that you get some professional advice.
