B1
to suggest that someone or something would be good or suitable for a particular job or purpose, or to suggest that a particular action should be done:
She has been recommended for promotion.
[ + (that) ] The doctor recommended (that) I get more exercise.
[ + -ing verb ] I recommend writing your feelings down on paper.
- give adviceCan you give me some advice about what to wear?
- adviseThe doctor advised me to get plenty of rest.
- counselHe counselled the young man to keep his silence.
- recommendDoctors recommend regular exercise.
- advocateI would advocate a system that is fair to everyone.
- We recommend that this wine should be consumed within six months.
- The report recommends that more resources be devoted to teaching four-year-olds.
- The doctor recommended swimming as the best all-round exercise.
- You seemed a bit hesitant about recommending that restaurant - is something wrong with it?
- For your safety, we recommend you keep your seat belt loosely fastened during the flight.
- adopt
- advocacy
- affirmation
- ally yourself to/with someone phrasal verb
- argumentation
- bat
- championship
- commitment
- defensible
- espouse
- hold space idiom
- in defence of someone/something
- in favour of something/doing something
- in someone's corner idiom
- lapel badge
- shoulder
- thick
- uphold
- worship at the shrine/altar of something idiom
- yimby
