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recommendation

  • noun
  • /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/

An act of recommending.

Other meanings

  1. That which is recommended.

  2. A commendation or endorsement.

    “Your next employer may require a recommendation.”

Related words

  • disrecommendation
  • nonrecommendation
  • subrecommendation
  • letter of recommendation

Example sentences

  • “I need some book recommendations.”

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Word history

From Medieval Latin "recommendatio".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “recommendation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.