to recommend that
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3.2
- phrasal verb
- /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ðæt/
:
recomendar que
- I would highly recommend that you spend some time there.
- strongly recommend that
- experts recommend that
- guidelines recommend that
Now, Bare Minerals recommend that you swirl that.
- Now, Bare Minerals recommend that you swirl that.
- And then last, I recommend that you respond every comment.
- And here's why I recommend that you learn about your own health.
- Although I don't recommend that because you will probably burn yourself.
- And so I would recommend that you do the box breathing.
- And and so they often will recommend that you spend time letting go of the words.
- I'm thinking, for instance, do you recommend that people read different types of writing?
- And I would recommend that you be an optimist, not a pessimist.
- Now I would recommend that you do one of these three and then plus this.
- If you didn't, then I would recommend that you work with ACPA or an EA.
- So one, as part of a longer quote, recommends that you should find a battle worth fighting.
Examples
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I recommend that you speak to my colleague, Dr Nowinski.
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Now, with all due respect to Dr. Paul Ruth... I recommend that we drop our Scanner program immediately, sir.
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And I highly recommend that most of you do this, OK?
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I always recommend that you put in as an extra step.
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I recommend that everyone gets some sleep.
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And so I would recommend that you do the box breathing.
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For example, most reading experts recommend that parents read to their children every day.
Academic text (1999) -
For this reason, we recommend that you remain indoors until the appropriate time.
Fiction book (2001) -
And I do recommend that you have the amniocentesis because there are always more risks with a geriatric mother.
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I would highly recommend that you spend some time there.
Synonyms
∞
1.6
To offer an idea or plan for others to consider
∞
2.1
To suggest someone or something as a good choice
∞
3.0
To suggest a plan or idea for others to consider
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3.2
To strongly encourage someone to do something
414
2.2
Give someone advice about what to do
42
2.9
Strongly advise someone to try something you think is very good
41
3.7
Recommend a helpful action to make things better
Antonyms
How Recommended
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to suggest or advise a course of action' is directly and compositionally derived from 'recommend' (to suggest) plus 'that' as a clause introducer; the clause simply states what is being recommended. This verb + complementizer pattern is common and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase recommend that comes from the image of someone pointing to a clear choice and naming the action. For example, a doctor might say 'I recommend that you exercise', where the word that shows the specific action, so the phrase means 'to suggest that someone do something'.