"recommend" meaning in English

See recommend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /rɛkəˈmɛnd/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-recommend.ogg [US] Forms: recommend [canonical], recommends [third-person, singular], recommended [past], recommended [past, participle], recommending [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you recommend something, you tell somebody that it is good or that they should try it.
    Sense id: simple-recommend-en-verb-UXFRd~Na
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "recommend",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recommends",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recommended",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recommended",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recommending",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "rec‧om‧mend",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The committee strongly recommended that the head teacher take the lead in defining the aims of the school."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you recommend something, you tell somebody that it is good or that they should try it."
      ],
      "id": "simple-recommend-en-verb-UXFRd~Na",
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/rɛkəˈmɛnd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-recommend.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "recommend"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "recommend",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recommends",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recommended",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recommended",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recommending",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "rec‧om‧mend",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The committee strongly recommended that the head teacher take the lead in defining the aims of the school."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you recommend something, you tell somebody that it is good or that they should try it."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/rɛkəˈmɛnd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-recommend.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "recommend"
}

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