recommend something

  • 1recommend — rec|om|mend W2S3 [ˌrekəˈmend] v [T] 1.) to advise someone to do something, especially because you have special knowledge of a situation or subject recommend (that) ▪ I recommend that you get some professional advice. ▪ Doctors strongly recommend… …

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  • 2recommend — rec|om|mend [ ,rekə mend ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to advise someone that they should do something: recommend (that): I recommend that you buy a more powerful computer. strongly recommend: We strongly recommend you insure your luggage when you… …

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  • 3recommend — rec‧om‧mend [ˌrekəˈmend] verb [transitive] 1. to advise someone to do something, especially because you have special knowledge of a situation or subject: • Most brokers are recommending that investors take some cash out of money funds. 2. to say… …

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  • 4something has something to recommend it — phrase something has features that make it useful or attractive As action movies go, this one has little to recommend it. Thesaurus: to be advantageous and yield benefitssynonym Main entry: recommend …

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  • 5recommend — [rek΄ə mend′] vt. [ME recomenden < ML recommendare: see RE & COMMEND] 1. to give in charge; commit; entrust [recommended to our care] 2. to suggest favorably as suited for some use, function, position, etc. [to recommend a book, a doctor,… …

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  • 6something has something to recommend it — something has features that make it useful or attractive As action movies go, this one has little to recommend it …

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  • 7recommend */*/*/ — UK [ˌrekəˈmend] / US verb [transitive] Word forms recommend : present tense I/you/we/they recommend he/she/it recommends present participle recommending past tense recommended past participle recommended 1) a) to advise someone that they should… …

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  • 8recommend — verb (T) 1 to advise someone to do something, especially because you have special knowledge of a situation or subject: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee recommended ratification of the treaty despite public opinion. | recommend that: Doctors …

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  • 9recommend*/*/ — [ˌrekəˈmend] verb [T] 1) to advise that something should happen I recommend that you buy a more powerful computer.[/ex] We strongly recommend booking early.[/ex] He was recommended for the job.[/ex] Students are recommended to read the following… …

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  • 10recommend — [[t]re̱kəme̱nd[/t]] ♦♦ recommends, recommending, recommended 1) VERB If someone recommends a person or thing to you, they suggest that you would find that person or thing good or useful. [V n to/for/as n] I have just spent a holiday there and… …

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