recommendation
Pluralrecommendations
- 1Advice about what someone should do in a situation.
The doctor's recommendation was to rest for a week.
We followed our teacher's recommendation about which book to read first.
Similarsuggestion, proposal, advice, counsel
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- 2Praise that says a person or thing is good and worth choosing.
My friend's recommendation made me try the new pizza place.
She got a job interview thanks to her teacher's recommendation.
Similarendorsement, commendation, reference, testimonial
- 3The act of telling someone that a person, plan, or thing is a good choice.
His recommendation of the movie convinced us to watch it.
After my recommendation, my parents tried the new walking trail.
Similarendorsement, commendation, nomination
- 4The thing that someone says you should choose, do, or use.
The waiter's recommendation was the fish, so I ordered it.
The teacher's recommendation turned out to be my favorite book of the year.
Similarsuggestion, pick, choice
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Origin
It comes from an old French word used in England, which came from a Latin word.