recommend

verb rec·om·mend \ ˌre-kə-ˈmend \

|Updated on: 16 Aug 2018

Examples: recommend in a Sentence

Definition of recommend

recommended; recommending; recommends

transitive verb

1 a : to present as worthy of acceptance or trial

recommended the medicine

b : to endorse as fit, worthy, or competent

recommends her for the position

2 : entrust, commit

recommended his soul to God

3 : to make acceptable

has other points to recommend it

4 : to suggest an act or course of action

recommend that the matter be dropped

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recommendable

play \ˌre-kə-ˈmen-də-bəl\ adjective

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recommendatory

play \ˌre-kə-ˈmen-də-ˌtȯr-ē\ adjective

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recommender

noun

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Examples of recommend in a Sentence

There is much besides fishing to recommend a trip to this sleepy fishing village … —Peter Kaminsky, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2002
… you feel as if you've left the world behind, down below, and that the only way to rejoin it is to let go and plummet straight down. Erice is not the first place I'd recommend to the acrophobic. —Francine Prose, Atlantic, December 2002
Many of the Jobs, and especially those that paid well, had been parcelled out to candidates—mostly white males—whose applications signified that they had been recommended by well-placed political figures. —Andy Logan, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 1989
If he'd bailed out with the rest of his crew—or been evacuated from the area at once as his regimental surgeon had recommended—perhaps he would have recovered fully … —Tom Clancy, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, 1988
A friend recommended this restaurant.
I can't decide between the lasagna and the salmon. Which do you recommend?
They recommended her for a promotion after only two years.
The film is recommended to anyone who liked her earlier movies.
It is strongly recommended that you change the oil in your car every 5,000 miles.
Take only the recommended dose of cough syrup.
You may decide to pursue the matter in court, but I wouldn't recommend it.

Recent Examples of recommend from the Web

Quintana’s college coach at Peru State in Nebraska recommended the pitcher to Tagert, with those two having developed a relationship.

— michael osipoff, Post-Tribune, "Walking the line: Adam Quintana stacking up strikeouts for the RailCats after recovering from shoulder injury," 10 July 2018
The arraignment is expected sometime before August 27, and the prosecutor is recommending bail be set at $250,000.

— anna millard, refinery29.com, "Hacker Charged For Breaking Into Selena Gomez's Emails," 14 July 2018
But Seminole’s seven-member planning and zoning commission dealt the latest blow to the project after voting unanimously to recommend county commissioners reject the project.

— martin e. comas, OrlandoSentinel.com, "East Seminole residents express relief after board rejects rural development but ready for future battles," 13 July 2018
The Community Oversight Task Force, known as COTF, issued a 74-page report this month that recommends disbanding the Civilian Review Board, which currently investigates civilian complaints.

— jessica anderson, baltimoresun.com, "Panel reviewing police civilian oversight calls for more powerful 'independent police accountability agency'," 13 July 2018
Recommendations this week: Mike recommends Google’s new Podcasts app, which launched last month and is a worthy alternative to Pocket Casts and Overcast.

— lauren goode, WIRED, "Panos on Surface," 13 July 2018
If the jury recommends it, they could be sentenced to death.

— rafael olmeda, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Final plea for mercy before jury weighs death penalty in murder of Broward deputy," 13 July 2018
Here’s what the CDC recommends: Check your home for it and throw it away, or return it to the place of purchase for a refund.

— shelia poole, ajc, "Kellogg’s recalls “Honey Smacks” over salmonella concerns," 13 July 2018
Some governments ran up those debts by paying less than actuaries recommended.

— heather gillers, WSJ, "Jeremy Gold Shook Up Pension World With Warnings About Risks," 13 July 2018

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