Meaning & use
Recommending
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Suggesting that someone or something is good, suitable, or worth having or doing.
See it in a sentence
The doctor is recommending a week of complete rest.
Several critics ended up recommending the film despite its flaws.
A note on using this word
This is the present participle of 'recommend,' from Latin commendare, 'to entrust' or 'commend.'
Words with a similar meaning
advisingsuggesting
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Words with an opposite meaning
discouraging
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