recommendation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission

   My pleasant personality is already a recommendation.

2. 2
   noun

   something, such as a course of action, that is recommended as advisable

   Our recommendation to the board was that we increase production tenfold.

3. 3
   noun

   That which is recommended.

   Some of the recommendations made by the PTF to prevent the spread of Covid-19 as religious institutions and hotels open up include: managed access to markets and locations of economic activity to limit the risk of transmitting Covid-19, mandatory use of face masks and temperature checks in public places, and information campaigns on the dangers of the virus among others.

4. 4
   noun

   A commendation or endorsement.

   Your next employer may require a recommendation.

5. 5
   noun

   A suggestion or proposal about the best course of action (with adpositions including "about" for the context and "to" for the course of action)

   He made a recommendation about what food to order.

6. 6
   noun

   something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable

7. 7
   noun

   An act of recommending.

8. 8
   noun

   Content which is automatically recommended to a user by the suggestion algorithm of a website or app.

Etymology

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