recommendation

[rek-uh-men-dey-shuhn, -muhn-]

noun

1. an act of recommending.

2. a letter or the like recommending a person or thing.

3. representation in favor of a person or thing.

4. anything that serves to recommend a person or thing, or induce acceptance or favor.

recommendation

/ ˌrɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of recommending

2. something that recommends, esp a letter presenting someone as suitable for a job, etc

3. something that is recommended, such as a course of action

Other Word Forms

• prerecommendation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of recommendation¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English recommendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendātiōn-, stem of recommendātiō, from recommendāt(us) (past participle of recommendāre; recommend ) + -iō -ion

Synonym Study

See advice.

Example Sentences

Any recommendations on how to prepare for the likelihood of her suing me are welcome.

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The Men’s and Women’s Basketball Committees will make the final recommendation on expansion, subject to approval by the Division I Board of Directors, the spokesperson said.

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As a specialist in autism, she says she feels comfortable trying the medication temporarily with certain patients but adds there isn’t enough evidence for a universal recommendation.

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What could be the consequences of the recommendation to delay the hepatitis B vaccine in newborns?

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The advisers also removed the government’s recommendation of a combined vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella, or chickenpox, for children under the age of 4, instead recommending the varicella shot be given separately.

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Related Words

• charge 
• endorsement 
• guidance 
• instruction 
• judgment 
• order 
• proposal 
• proposition 
• sanction 
• suggestion 
• support 

When To Use

Spelling tips for recommendation

The word recommendation is hard to spell because it is tricky to know whether the c, the m, and/or the d is doubled. How to spell recommendation: The easiest way to remember how to spell recommend is to break it into three parts: re - com - mend - ation. You can keep the first three sections in mind with the sentence: "I recommend that you rely commonly on mending." The suffix -ation is used to indicate nouns of action and appears in many other words, like starvation and regulation.