Recommend

/ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
2. (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
3. (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably.
4. (transitive, archaic) To commit, to confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations.
5. (colloquial) A recommendation.

Example Sentences

The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.

A city that has much to recommend it.

The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.

My therapist recommended that I rest the mind and exercise the body.

An influential group of medical experts, the US Preventive Services Task Force, recommended last week that most women receive a mammogram starting at age 40.

The US Centers and Disease Control and Prevention is considering recommending annual Covid-19 shots to those who are older or who have compromised immune function, rather than the current blanket recommendation for everyone 6 months of age and older. The change would more closely align the US with guidance given in other countries. Unlike countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, the US alone recommends an annual Covid-19 vaccine for healthy younger adults and children. The World Health Organization also doesn’t routinely recommend annual Covid-19 vaccines for healthy adults under 65 or healthy children.

A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery.

"I'm glad to have a recommend from that quarter. Airheart's skipper of the San Jose now. […]"

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