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W2S3 [ˌrekəˈmend] v [T]
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.
▪ Doctors strongly recommend that fathers should be present at their baby's birth.
recommend doing sth
▪ I would never recommend using a sunbed on a regular basis.
▪ Sleeping tablets are not recommended in this case.
▪ It is dangerous to exceed the recommended dose .
2.) to say that something or someone is good, or suggest them for a particular purpose or job
▪ I recommend the butter chicken - it's delicious.
▪ Can you recommend a good lawyer?
recommend sth to sb
▪ I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in chemistry.
recommend sth for sth/sb
▪ Which type of oil do you recommend for my car?
recommend sb for sth
▪ I have decided to recommend you for the directorship.
highly/thoroughly recommend
▪ The hotel is highly recommended.
3.) sth has much/little/nothing to recommend it
used to say that something has many, few, or no good qualities
▪ The town itself has little to recommend it.
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GRAMMAR
!! You do not say 'recommend someone something' : What wine do you recommend (NOT recommend us)?
You can recommend something to someone : I bought this album after a friend recommended it to me.
You can recommend that someone do something or recommend doing something : I recommend that you see your doctor. |If you go to London, we recommend visiting (NOT recommend you visiting) Tate Modern.
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Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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