recommendation B1 Topic:Actions & Processes US /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #7866 Meanings 1 noun A suggestion about the best thing to do. Our recommendation to the board was that we increase production. 2 noun A statement praising someone's qualities, often for a job. Your next employer may require a recommendation from your current boss. 3 noun The act of recommending something or someone. I bought the book on the recommendation of a friend. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · a statement praising... testimonial Word family Forms recommendations Derived forms disrecommendationnonrecommendationsubrecommendation Related forms recommend Etymology AI details From Middle English recommendacioun, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio. By surface analysis, recommend + -ation. recommendacioun Middle English recomendacion xno recommendatio la-med View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # recommendation **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 7866 ## Meanings 1. A suggestion about the best thing to do. 2. A statement praising someone's qualities, often for a job. 3. The act of recommending something or someone. ## Examples - Our recommendation to the board was that we increase production. - Your next employer may require a recommendation from your current boss. - I bought the book on the recommendation of a friend. ## Derived Forms - disrecommendation - nonrecommendation - subrecommendation ## Related Forms - recommend ## Roots and Affixes - Root: recommendacioun - Root: recomendacion - Root: recommendatio ## Etymology From Middle English recommendacioun, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio. By surface analysis, recommend + -ation. ## AI Etymology Recommendation comes from Middle English recommendacioun, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio. By surface analysis, recommend + -ation. Modern senses include a suggestion about the best thing to do. and a statement praising someone's qualities, often for a job.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as disrecommendation, nonrecommendation, and subrecommendation and related forms such as recommend. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown