to recommend

Examples

• All

• Eventually, we identified a soprano who was recommended by several choir directors.

  Academic text (2015)

• We recommend you do the best you can to keep a zero angle.

  The Right Stuff (1983)

• If you had three guests to recommend for my show, who would they be?

• Yeah, she came very highly recommended from my colleagues, so... did things go well?

  V/H/S (2012)

• Okay, I called the chef who recommended him to me.

  Rule of Three (2008)

• Three dozen research calls, and every time, the same man is recommended.

  Armageddon (1998)

• The reason for that is that I just I can't recommend the other solutions.

• You come highly recommended.

  Slayground (1983)

• Cuff pressure was initially set at the manufacturer's recommended pressure of 200 mmHg on all patients.

  Academic text (2002)

• I would highly recommend trying the new Italian restaurant downtown for its delicious pasta.

Synonyms

B

to become

vsto recommend

178 3.5

Make a person or thing look good

focuses on causing approval rather than just improving appearance

I

to invite

vsto recommend

93 4.4

To make someone want to come closer or start a conversation

focuses on making someone seem worthy of approval, not just attracting action

E

to endear

vsto recommend

22 4.6

Make someone loved or liked by others

aims at appearing worthy of approval rather than creating love

C

to commend

vsto recommend

• Formal

10 5.4

To recommend a person or thing as worthy of attention and trust

is about making someone seem attractive or worthy of approval

Antonyms

D

to disparage

28 7.7

To speak badly about someone or something to show little respect

Phrasal Verbs

R

to recommend that

141 3.2

Tell someone you think they should do something

H

to highly recommend

42 2.9

Strongly advise someone to try something you think is very good

R

to recommend to

22 3.2

Tell someone to see a certain person like a doctor or counsellor for help

R

to recommend a book

1 2.7

To suggest a book someone will like or find useful

How Recommended

to endorse

183 4.2

to urge

591 3.2

to recommend

73 2.2

to suggest

∞ 1.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology