Definition of "recommend" in английский

verb

1. (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.

   • The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.

2. (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.

   • A city that has much to recommend it.

3. (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably

   • The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
   • My therapist recommended that I rest the mind and exercise the body.

4. (transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations

   • A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery.

noun

1. (colloquial) A recommendation.