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{
"term": "recommend",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "recommend",
"heSheIt": "recommends"
},
"pastSimple": "recommended",
"pastParticiple": "recommended",
"ingForm": "recommending"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to tell somebody that something is good or useful, or that somebody would be suitable for a particular job, etc.",
"sensetop": "recommend somebody/somethingrecommend somebody/something to somebodyrecommend somebody/something for something/somebodyrecommend somebody/something as something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The hotel's new restaurant **comes highly recommended** *(= a lot of people have praised it)*.",
"contextForm": "recommend somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Can you recommend a good hotel?"
},
{
"text": "I recommend the book to all my students.",
"contextForm": "recommend somebody/something to somebody"
},
{
"text": "She was recommended for the post by a colleague.",
"contextForm": "recommend somebody/something for something/somebody"
},
{
"text": "This game is recommended for children aged 12 and above."
},
{
"text": "The guidelines recommend low-fat dairy products as excellent sources of calcium",
"contextForm": "recommend somebody/something as something"
},
{
"text": "Consult a solicitor who is personally recommended to you."
},
{
"text": "Food supplements are sometimes recommended for diabetic patients."
},
{
"text": "I can recommend this book to anyone interested in food."
},
{
"text": "I definitely recommend this film."
},
{
"text": "In the 1990s, doctors routinely recommended hormone replacement therapy."
},
{
"text": "The commission unanimously recommended the proposal."
},
{
"text": "This book is highly recommended by teachers."
},
{
"text": "Who would you recommend for the job?"
},
{
"text": "They were invited to recommend likely candidates for the two new positions."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["highly", "thoroughly", "certainly"],
"preposition": ["for", "to"],
"phrases": [
"something has a lot to recommend it",
"something has much to recommend it"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to advise a particular course of action; to advise somebody to do something",
"sensetop": "recommend somethingrecommend doing somethingrecommend against somethingrecommend against doing somethingrecommend (that)…it is recommended that…recommend somebody to do somethingrecommend how, what, etc…",
"labels": "(British English also)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The report recommended a 10% pay increase.",
"contextForm": "recommend something"
},
{
"text": "It is dangerous to exceed the **recommended dose**."
},
{
"text": "a recommended price of $50"
},
{
"text": "He recommended reading the book before seeing the movie.",
"contextForm": "recommend doing something"
},
{
"text": "I **recommend using** the latest version of the browser."
},
{
"text": "My doctor recommended against surgery.",
"contextForm": "recommend against something"
},
{
"text": "Medical guidelines recommend against using this drug to treat migraines.",
"contextForm": "recommend against doing something"
},
{
"text": "I recommend that he see a lawyer.",
"contextForm": "recommend (that)…"
},
{
"text": "I recommend that he should see a lawyer."
},
{
"text": "It is **strongly recommended** that the machines should be checked every year.",
"contextForm": "it is recommended that…"
},
{
"text": "We'd recommend you to book your flight early.",
"contextForm": "recommend somebody to do something"
},
{
"text": "Can you recommend how much we should charge?",
"contextForm": "recommend how, what, etc…"
},
{
"text": "I would strongly recommend that you get professional advice."
},
{
"text": "Here are a few safeguards I recommend to my clients."
}
],
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["strongly", "particularly", "specifically"],
"preposition": ["for", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make somebody/something seem attractive or good",
"sensetop": "recommend somebody/something (to somebody)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This system has **much to recommend it**."
},
{
"text": "He described the town as drab with nothing to recommend it."
},
{
"text": "Your idea has much to recommend it."
}
],
"synonyms": "commend",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["highly", "thoroughly", "certainly"],
"preposition": ["for", "to"],
"phrases": [
"something has a lot to recommend it",
"something has much to recommend it"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrekəˈmend/",
"audio": "re/recommend/recommend__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrekəˈmendz/",
"audio": "re/recommend/recommends__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrekəˈmendɪd/",
"audio": "re/recommend/recommended__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrekəˈmendɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/recommend/recommending__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrekəˈmend/",
"audio": "re/recommend/recommend__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrekəˈmendz/",
"audio": "re/recommend/recommends__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrekəˈmendɪd/",
"audio": "re/recommend/recommended__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrekəˈmendɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/recommend/recommending__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (originally meaning to commend or entrust someone or something to someone): from medieval Latin recommendare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + commendare ‘commit to the care of’."
}