recommend
verb [T] /ˌrek.əˈmend/Definition
B1 to suggest that someone or something would be good or suitable for a particular job or purpose, or to suggest that a particular action should be done: I can recommend the chicken in mushroom sauce - it's delicious. She has been recommended for promotion. The headmistress agreed to recommend the teachers' proposals to the school governors. [+ (that)] The doctor recommended (that) I take more exercise. [+ -ing verb] I recommend writing your feelings down on paper. The city has much/little to recommend it (= it has many/few pleasant qualities).Backing, supporting and defendingDefending and protecting recommended /-ˈmen.dɪd/ adjective › It is dangerous to take more than the recommended dose of this medicine. She is a highly recommended architect.Backing, supporting and defendingDefending and protecting
(Definition of recommend verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -backed suffix (SUPPORTED)
- bang/beat the drum idiom
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress verb
- carry verb (KEEP IN OPERATION)
- countenance verb
- favour noun (SUPPORT)
- favour verb
- fight your corner idiom
- right behind sb idiom
- speak up for sb/sth phrasal verb
- sponsor verb
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- stick together phrasal verb
- subscribe to sth phrasal verb
- supportive adjective
- sustain verb (SUPPORT)
- sympathize verb (SUPPORT)
- take up the cudgels for/against sb/sth idiom
- word noun (TALKING)
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