recommendation

B1 Topic:Abstract Ideas

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

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

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Topics

Abstract Ideas

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# 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
- Abstract Ideas

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