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recommendation
[ rek-uh-men-dey-shuhn, -muhn- ]
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.
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
Other Words From
- prerec·om·men·dation noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of recommendation1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
One of his kinder letters of recommendation warned that his scholarship was “open to the charge of sensationalism.”
The only recommendation I make is that they do it on a big training day.
Sadly, that is a recommendation that Russian journalists pursue at risk of death.
The president, according to a White House statement last week, has decided to accept our recommendation.
But there was one fact about him that makes the recommendation remarkable: he was Jewish.
Marry, let an honest man lack their assistance, and starving stares him in the face, for want of a recommendation.
All such vows are widely different from those restraints which have no higher recommendation than human authority.
Letters of Recommendation should be truthful, polite, and carefully considered.
I had brought no letters of recommendation to this amiable woman, but she happened to hear of my travels and paid me a visit.
At the fall of the Empire he lost his position, obtaining his new one on the recommendation of the Comte de Serizy.
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