- recommend
- rec|om|mendW2S3 [ˌrekəˈmend] v [T]1.) to advise someone to do something, especially because you have special knowledge of a situation or subjectrecommend (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 itused to say that something has many, few, or no good qualities▪ The town itself has little to recommend it.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬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.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.