recommendation
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Definition of recommendation
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)An act of recommending.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)An act of recommending.
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(countable, uncountable)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.”
“The US Centers and Disease Control and Prevention is considering recommending annual Covid-19 shots to those who are older or who have compromised immune function, rather than the current blanket recommendation for everyone 6 months of age and older.”
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(countable, uncountable)A commendation or endorsement.
“Your next employer may require a recommendation.”
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(countable, uncountable)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.”
“We followed the recommendation to order sushi.”
- (Internet, countable, plural, uncountable, usually)Content which is automatically recommended to a user by the suggestion algorithm of a website or app.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English recommendacioun, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio. By surface analysis, recommend + -ation.
Words you can make from recommendation
200+ playable · top: COMMENDATION (19 pts)
Best play commendation 19 points12-letter words
1 word11-letter words
3 words10-letter words
24 words- COMMANDEER 17 pts
- MEDICAMENT 17 pts
- MANOMETRIC 16 pts
- METRONOMIC 16 pts
- CODOMINANT 15 pts
- COENAMORED 15 pts
- DEMICANTON 15 pts
- ENTODERMIC 15 pts
- IMMODERATE 15 pts
- NEMATOCIDE 15 pts
- ANTIMODERN 13 pts
- CAROTENOID 13 pts
- COORDINATE 13 pts
- DECORATION 13 pts
- DENOMINATE 13 pts
- EMENDATION 13 pts
- ENDOMETRIA 13 pts
- MODERATION 13 pts
- ORDAINMENT 13 pts
- ORNAMENTED 13 pts
- ENANTIOMER 12 pts
- INTEROCEAN 12 pts
- RENOMINATE 12 pts
- REANOINTED 11 pts
9-letter words
83 words- COMMANDER 16 pts
- COMMENDER 16 pts
- COMMENTED 16 pts
- INCOMMODE 16 pts
- RECOMMEND 16 pts
- COMMENTER 15 pts
- COMMENTOR 15 pts
- IMMANENCE 15 pts
- METAMERIC 15 pts
- MICROTOME 15 pts
- MINCEMEAT 15 pts
- MONATOMIC 15 pts
- MONOMERIC 15 pts
- AMENDMENT 14 pts
- CONDEMNER 14 pts
- CONDEMNOR 14 pts
- CONDIMENT 14 pts
- CONTEMNED 14 pts
- DECIMATOR 14 pts
- DERMATOME 14 pts
- DOMINANCE 14 pts
- DREAMTIME 14 pts
- MACEDOINE 14 pts
- MACRODONT 14 pts
- MENDICANT 14 pts
- MICRODONT 14 pts
- MOTORCADE 14 pts
- AERONOMIC 13 pts
- CENTERMAN 13 pts
- CENTREMAN 13 pts
- CONOMINEE 13 pts
- CONTEMNER 13 pts
- CONTEMNOR 13 pts
- CREMATION 13 pts
- INCREMENT 13 pts
- MANOMETER 13 pts
- MANTICORE 13 pts
- METRONOME 13 pts
- MICROTONE 13 pts
- MONOAMINE 13 pts
- MONOMETER 13 pts
- MONOTREME 13 pts
- NONATOMIC 13 pts
- NONMETRIC 13 pts
- ADMONITOR 12 pts
- ADORNMENT 12 pts
- ANTICODON 12 pts
- CARTOONED 12 pts
- CONTAINED 12 pts
- CONTENDER 12 pts
- CORDONNET 12 pts
- CORONATED 12 pts
- CORONETED 12 pts
- DENTICARE 12 pts
- DOMINATOR 12 pts
- EMENDATOR 12 pts
- ENDOCRINE 12 pts
- ENTRANCED 12 pts
- MENADIONE 12 pts
- MENTIONED 12 pts
- METEOROID 12 pts
- MINARETED 12 pts
- MONITORED 12 pts
- NECTARIED 12 pts
- NETMINDER 12 pts
- NOMINATED 12 pts
- NONCREDIT 12 pts
- ORDINANCE 12 pts
- RECONDITE 12 pts
- REDACTION 12 pts
- RETCONNED 12 pts
- ANCIENTER 11 pts
- CONTAINER 11 pts
- CRENATION 11 pts
- MENTIONER 11 pts
- NANOMETER 11 pts
- NANOMETRE 11 pts
- NECTARINE 11 pts
- NOMINATOR 11 pts
- NONEROTIC 11 pts
- ANTIDORON 10 pts
- ENTRAINED 10 pts
- INTERNODE 10 pts
8-letter words
88 words- COMMANDO 15 pts
- AMMOCETE 14 pts
- COMMONER 14 pts
- AMMONOID 13 pts
- CERAMIDE 13 pts
- COADMIRE 13 pts
- CODOMAIN 13 pts
- COMEDIAN 13 pts
- CREMATED 13 pts
- DAEMONIC 13 pts
- DECIMATE 13 pts
- DEMOCRAT 13 pts
- DEMONIAC 13 pts
- ECTODERM 13 pts
- ENDERMIC 13 pts
- ACROMION 12 pts
- AMMONITE 12 pts
- CANOEMEN 12 pts
- COENAMOR 12 pts
- COINMATE 12 pts
- EMOTICON 12 pts
- IMMANENT 12 pts
- ACRODONT 11 pts
- ACTIONED 11 pts
- ANCONOID 11 pts
- ANECDOTE 11 pts
- CANTERED 11 pts
- CANTONED 11 pts
- CARTONED 11 pts
- CATENOID 11 pts
- CENTROID 11 pts
- CERATOID 11 pts
- COEDITOR 11 pts
- CONDONER 11 pts
- CONNOTED 11 pts
- CRANNIED 11 pts
- CRENATED 11 pts
- CREODONT 11 pts
- DECANTER 11 pts
- DECENNIA 11 pts
- DECORATE 11 pts
- DEMEANOR 11 pts
- DEMENTIA 11 pts
- DEMONIAN 11 pts
- DEMOTION 11 pts
- DERACINE 11 pts
- DIAMETER 11 pts
- DIATREME 11 pts
- DICENTRA 11 pts
- DOCTRINE 11 pts
- DOMINANT 11 pts
- DOMINATE 11 pts
- DOMINEER 11 pts
- DORMIENT 11 pts
- ENAMORED 11 pts
- ENNEADIC 11 pts
- ENTODERM 11 pts
- INCANTED 11 pts
- INCENTED 11 pts
- INDECENT 11 pts
- ACTIONER 10 pts
- ANORETIC 10 pts
- ANTEROOM 10 pts
- ANTIMERE 10 pts
- ANTINOME 10 pts
- CAROTENE 10 pts
- CENTIARE 10 pts
- CONATION 10 pts
- CORONATE 10 pts
- CREATINE 10 pts
- CREATION 10 pts
- CRETONNE 10 pts
- ENACTION 10 pts
- ENTRANCE 10 pts
- ERECTION 10 pts
- INCENTER 10 pts
- INCREATE 10 pts
- ANOINTED 9 pts
- ANTINODE 9 pts
- AROINTED 9 pts
- DERATION 9 pts
- DETAINER 9 pts
- DONATION 9 pts
- ENROOTED 9 pts
- INDENTER 9 pts
- INDENTOR 9 pts
- INTENDER 9 pts
- ANOINTER 8 pts
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