recommendation

From Middle English recommendacioun, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, /ˌɹɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

recommendation (countable and uncountable, plural recommendations)

1. An act of recommending.
2. That which is recommended.
3. A commendation or endorsement.

   Your next employer may require a recommendation.

4. A suggestion or proposal about the best course of action (with adpositions including "about" for the context and "to" for the course of action)

   He made a recommendation about what food to order.

   We followed the recommendation to order sushi.

• See also Thesaurus:advice

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