recommendation

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recommendation

  • /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/
  • /ˌɹɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən/

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

From Middle English recommendacioun, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio. By surface analysis, recommend + -ation.

noun recommendations

  1. countable, uncountable An act of recommending.
  2. countable, uncountable That which is recommended. Some of the recommendations made by the PTF to prevent the spread of Covid-19 as religious institutions and hotels open up include: managed access to markets and locations of economic activity to limit the risk of transmitting Covid-19, mandatory use of face masks and temperature checks in public pl
  3. countable, uncountable A commendation or endorsement. Your next employer may require a recommendation.
  4. countable, uncountable 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.
  5. Internet, countable, plural, uncountable, usually Content which is automatically recommended to a user by the suggestion algorithm of a website or app.

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