Definition of "recommend" []

• To praise or commend (one) to another as being worthy or desirable; endorse: recommended him for the job; recommended a car instead of an SUV. (verb-transitive)
• To make (the possessor, as of an attribute) attractive or acceptable: Honesty recommends any person. (verb-transitive)
• To commit to the charge of another; entrust. (verb-transitive)
• To advise or counsel: She recommended that we be on time. See Synonyms at advise. (verb-transitive)
• To give advice or counsel: "recommended against signing an international agreement” ( Time). (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Another one that I recommend is a film called Funny Games."
• "The dough can look a little dry, but what I'll recommend is that people add between 2 1/2-3 cups of oatmeal instead of the full-on three."
• "I didn't finish many and the only book that I finished this week that I'd recommend is Lisa Shearin's The Trouble With Demons, book 3 in her Raine Benares series."