Recommending
verb (used with object)
1.
to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably:
to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
2.
to represent or urge as advisable or expedient:
to recommend caution.
3.
to advise, as an alternative; suggest (a choice, course of action, etc.) as appropriate, beneficial, or the like:
He recommended the blue-plate special. The doctor recommended special exercises for her.
4.
to make desirable or attractive:
a plan that has very little to recommend it.
verb (used without object)
5.
to make a recommendation.
noun
6.
Informal. a recommendation.
verb (transitive)
1.
(may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to advise as the best course or choice; counsel: to recommend prudence
2.
to praise or commend: to recommend a new book
3.
to make attractive or advisable: the trip has little to recommend it
4.
(archaic) to entrust (a person or thing) to someone else’s care; commend
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