Recommend
Pronunciation
Full definition of recommend
Verb
- (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
- (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorablyThe therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- (transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations''A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery
Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See