Recommend Recommended I Book ˌrekəˈmend Good Highly Extra

• the hotel's new restaurant comes highly recommended (= a lot of people have praised it).
• can you recommend a good hotel?
• i recommend the book to all my students.
• she was recommended for the post by a colleague.

recommend

Verb Forms

1. to tell somebody that something is good or useful, or that somebody would be suitable for a particular job, etc.
• The hotel's new restaurant comes highly recommended (= a lot of people have praised it).
• Can you recommend a good hotel?
• I recommend the book to all my students.
• She was recommended for the post by a colleague.
• This game is recommended for children aged 12 and above.
• The guidelines recommend low-fat dairy products as excellent sources of calcium

Extra Examples

• Consult a solicitor who is personally recommended to you.
• Food supplements are sometimes recommended for diabetic patients.
• I can recommend this book to anyone interested in food.
• I definitely recommend this film.
• In the 1990s, doctors routinely recommended hormone replacement therapy.
• The commission unanimously recommended the proposal.
• This book is highly recommended by teachers.
• Who would you recommend for the job?
• They were invited to recommend likely candidates for the two new positions.
2. to advise a particular course of action; to advise somebody to do something
• The report recommended a 10% pay increase.
• It is dangerous to exceed the recommended dose.
• a recommended price of $50
• He recommended reading the book before seeing the movie.
• I recommend using the latest version of the browser.
• My doctor recommended against surgery.
• Medical guidelines recommend against using this drug to treat migraines.
• I recommend that he see a lawyer.
• I recommend that he should see a lawyer.
• It is strongly recommended that the machines should be checked every year.
• We'd recommend you to book your flight early.
• Can you recommend how much we should charge?

Extra Examples

• I would strongly recommend that you get professional advice.
• Here are a few safeguards I recommend to my clients.
3. to make somebody/something seem attractive or good
• SYNONYM commend
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• This system has much to recommend it.

Extra Examples

• He described the town as drab with nothing to recommend it.
• Your idea has much to recommend it.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (originally meaning to commend or entrust someone or something to someone): from medieval Latin recommendare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + commendare ‘commit to the care of’.