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recommendation.

An act of recommending.

14 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən//ˌɹɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən/
  1. An act of recommending.

    countable · uncountable
  2. That which is recommended.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A commendation or endorsement.

    countable · uncountable
    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)

    countable · uncountable
    He made a recommendation about what food to order.
    We followed the recommendation to order sushi.
  5. Content which is automatically recommended to a user by the suggestion algorithm of a website or app.

    Internet · countable · plural · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

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

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