recommends

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of recommend.

   The committee recommends approving the budget without further delay.

   Our guide recommends booking the tour at least a week in advance.

   Note

   The verb form that pairs with he, she, it or a singular noun: the committee recommends, our guide recommends. Recommend is transitive in every sense, so it needs something after it. That can be a noun, a person, or an -ing clause as in recommends booking. One archaic use meant to commit someone to another's care. The same spelling also serves as the plural noun, where a number or adjective usually comes before it.

2. 2
   nouncolloquial

   Plural of recommend, an informal noun meaning a recommendation.

   The podcast host ended the episode with a few quick recommends for weekend reading.

   Her feed is full of product recommends from people she has never met.

   Note

   A colloquial noun doing the work of recommendations, as in strong recommends or dozens of recommends. It is fine in conversation and quick notes. In a cover letter, a report or any formal writing, recommendations is the safer word. The spelling is the same as the present-tense verb, so it is the surrounding words that show which one is meant.

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