recommendation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A suggestion about the best thing to do.

   Our recommendation to the board was that we increase production.

2. 2
   noun

   A statement praising someone's qualities, often for a job.

   Your next employer may require a recommendation from your current boss.

3. 3
   noun

   The act of recommending something or someone.

   I bought the book on the recommendation of a friend.

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

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