{
    "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’."
}