recommend
/ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/ verb B1- To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice. · The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- To make acceptable; to attract favor to. · A city that has much to recommend it.
- To advise, propose, counsel favorably. · The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.· My therapist recommended that I rest the mind and exercise the body.
He/she/it recommends · Past recommended · Past participle recommended · -ing form recommending
Verb forms
- Base form
- recommend
- He/she/it
- recommends
- Past
- recommended
- Past participle
- recommended
- -ing form
- recommending
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As our firm specializes entirely upon the assessment of machinery the matter hardly comes within our purview, and we have therefore recommended Mr.
The countess, in reply, bowed gracefully to Albert, and extended her hand with cordial kindness to Franz; then, inviting Albert to take the vacant seat beside her, she recommended Franz to take the next best, if he wished to view the ballet, and pointed to the one behind her own chair.
A Bricklayer earnestly recommended bricks as affording the best material for an effective resistance.
Persuaded as Miss Bingley was that Darcy admired Elizabeth, this was not the best method of recommending herself; but angry people are not always wise; and in seeing him at last look somewhat nettled, she had all the success she expected.
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