recommendation

[ rek-uh-men-dey-shuh n, -muh n- ]

/ ˌrɛk ə mɛnˈdeɪ ʃən, -mən- /

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noun

an act of recommending.

a letter or the like recommending a person or thing.

representation in favor of a person or thing.

anything that serves to recommend a person or thing, or induce acceptance or favor.

Origin of recommendation

1400–50; late Middle English recommendacion < Medieval Latin recommendātiōn- (stem of recommendātiō), equivalent to recommendāt(us) (past participle of recommendāre to recommend; see -ate¹) + -iōn- -ion

synonym study for recommendation

1. See advice.

OTHER WORDS FROM recommendation

pre·rec·om·men·da·tion, noun

Words nearby recommendation

recombinase, recombination, recombine, recommence, recommend, recommendation, recommendatory, recommended daily allowance, recommended dietary allowance, recommit, recompense

Example sentences from the Web for recommendation

One of his kinder letters of recommendation warned that his scholarship was “open to the charge of sensationalism.”

Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine |Tom Arnold-Forster |November 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The only recommendation I make is that they do it on a big training day.

When Is It OK to Cheat? The Pros and Cons of Cheat Days |DailyBurn |July 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Sadly, that is a recommendation that Russian journalists pursue at risk of death.

Meet the Censors, Propagandists and Outright Liars Who Won Putin’s Pulitzers |James Kirchick |May 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But there was one fact about him that makes the recommendation remarkable: he was Jewish.

The Jews Who Fought for Hitler: ‘We Did Not Help the Germans. We Had a Common Enemy’ |The Telegraph |March 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

But it never came to that because they were able to reach consensus on every recommendation.

Obama’s Panel on Domestic Spying Abuses Didn’t Pull Its Punches |Daniel Klaidman |December 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Miss Davenport is a Latin scholar, and they took her on the Traffords recommendation.

Wee Wifie |Rosa Nouchette Carey
He had a premonition, too, and very thoughtfully left me a letter of recommendation.

The Book of Gud |Dan Spain
All the centuries followed the recommendation of that which voted first.

The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six |Titus Livius
Vacancies in the County Courts were filled only on the recommendation of the remaining members.

The Life of John Marshall Volume 4 of 4 |Albert J. Beveridge
You can count on my recommendation when it's likely to be of use, but you said something that was rather illuminating.

The Girl From Keller's |Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for recommendation

recommendation

/ (ˌrɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən) /

noun

the act of recommending

something that recommends, esp a letter presenting someone as suitable for a job, etc

something that is recommended, such as a course of action

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recommendation

noun

Origin of recommendation

synonym study for recommendation

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Example sentences from the Web for recommendation

British Dictionary definitions for recommendation

noun

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

recommendation

noun

Origin of recommendation

synonym study for recommendation

OTHER WORDS FROM recommendation

Words nearby recommendation

Words related to recommendation

Example sentences from the Web for recommendation

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