noun
Meaning 1
An act of recommending.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
recommendation
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/
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noun
Meaning 2
That which is recommended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A commendation or endorsement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Your next employer may require a recommendation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: testimonial
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A suggestion or proposal about the best course of action (with adpositions including "about" for the context and "to" for the course of action)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- He made a recommendation about what food to order.
- We followed the recommendation to order sushi.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Content which is automatically recommended to a user by the suggestion algorithm of a website or app.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, countable, plural, uncountable, usually
Qualifier: especially YouTube
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recommended, suggested, suggestion
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her pleasant personality is already a recommendation
- his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: passport
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: characteristic
noun
Meaning 7
something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advice
Narrower terms: referral
noun
Meaning 8
something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: testimonial, good word
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: praise, congratulations, kudos, extolment
Narrower terms: character, reference, character reference, puff
History
Etymology
From Middle English recommendacioun, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio. By surface analysis, recommend + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
135 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: rekommandasie — act of recommending
- Afrikaans: annbeveling — act of recommending
- Albanian: rekomandim — act of recommending
- Arabic: تَوْصِيَة (tawṣiya) — act of recommending
- Armenian: հանձնարարում (hanjnararum) — act of recommending
- Armenian: առաջարկում (aṙaǰarkum) — act of recommending
- Armenian: խորհրդատվություն (xorhrdatvutʻyun) — act of recommending
- Azerbaijani: tövsiyə — act of recommending
- Belarusian: рэкаменда́цыя (rekamjendácyja) — act of recommending
- Belarusian: рэкамэнда́цыя (rekamendácyja) — act of recommending
- Bengali: সুপারিশ (śupariś) — act of recommending
- Bulgarian: препоръ́ка (preporǎ́ka) — act of recommending
- Bulgarian: рекоменда́ция (rekomendácija) — act of recommending
- Catalan: recomanació — act of recommending
- Chinese Mandarin: 建議 /建议 (jiànyì) — act of recommending
- Chinese Mandarin: 勸告 /劝告 (quàngào) — act of recommending
- Chinese Mandarin: 推薦 /推荐 (tuījiàn) — act of recommending
- Crimean Tatar: tevsiye — act of recommending
- Czech: doporučení — act of recommending
- Danish: anbefaling — act of recommending
- Danish: rekommandation — act of recommending
- Dutch: aanbeveling — act of recommending
- Dutch: recommandatie — act of recommending
- Estonian: soovitus — act of recommending
- Finnish: suositteleminen — act of recommending
- French: recommandation — act of recommending
- Georgian: რეკომენდაცია (reḳomendacia) — act of recommending
- German: Empfehlung — act of recommending
- German: Rekommandation — act of recommending
- Greek: σύσταση (sýstasi) — act of recommending
- Hebrew: הַמְלָצָה (hamlatsá) — act of recommending
- Hindi: सिफ़ारिश (sifāriś) — act of recommending
- Hungarian: ajánlás — act of recommending
- Indonesian: rekomendasi — act of recommending
- Indonesian: saran — act of recommending
- Italian: suggerimento — act of recommending
- Italian: consiglio — act of recommending
- Italian: proposta — act of recommending
- Japanese: 勧告 (kankoku) — act of recommending
- Japanese: 推薦 (suisen) — act of recommending
- Japanese: 薦め (susume) — act of recommending
- Japanese: 薦挙 (senkyo) — act of recommending
- Kazakh: ұсыныс (ūsynys) — act of recommending
- Korean: 권고 (gwon'go) — act of recommending
- Korean: 추천 (chucheon) — act of recommending
- Korean: 천거 (cheon'geo) — act of recommending
- Northern Kurdish: tewsiye — act of recommending
- Kyrgyz: рекомендация (rekomendatsiya) — act of recommending
- Kyrgyz: сунуш (sunuş) — act of recommending
- Latvian: ieteikums — act of recommending
- Lithuanian: rekomendacija — act of recommending
- Lithuanian: patarimas — act of recommending
- Macedonian: препорака (preporaka) — act of recommending
- Malay: sokongan — act of recommending
- Malay: pengesyoran — act of recommending
- Malayalam: ശുപാർശ (śupāṟśa) — act of recommending
- Māori: marohitanga — act of recommending
- Middle English: recommendacioun — act of recommending
- Mongolian: зөвлөгөө (zövlögöö) — act of recommending
- Mongolian: зөвлөмж (zövlömž) — act of recommending
- Norwegian: rekommandasjon — act of recommending
- Norwegian Bokmål: anbefaling — act of recommending
- Occitan: recomandacion — act of recommending
- Pashto: توصيه (tawsiya) — act of recommending
- Dari: تَوْصِیَه (tawsiya) — act of recommending
- Dari: سِفَارِش (sifāriš) — act of recommending
- Iranian Persian: تُوْصِیِه (towsiye) — act of recommending
- Iranian Persian: سِفارِش (sefâreš) — act of recommending
- Polish: rekomendacja — act of recommending
- Portuguese: recomendação — act of recommending
- Romanian: recomandare — act of recommending
- Romanian: recomandație — act of recommending
- Russian: рекоменда́ция (rekomendácija) — act of recommending
- Serbo-Croatian: пре̏порука — act of recommending
- Serbo-Croatian: prȅporuka — act of recommending
- Slovak: odporúčanie — act of recommending
- Slovene: priporočilo — act of recommending
- Spanish: recomendación — act of recommending
- Swedish: rekommendation — act of recommending
- Tagalog: rekomendasyon — act of recommending
- Tajik: тавсия (tavsiya) — act of recommending
- Tajik: сифориш (siforiš) — act of recommending
- Turkish: tavsiye — act of recommending
- Ottoman Turkish: توصیه (tavsiye) — act of recommending
- Turkmen: rekomendasiýa — act of recommending
- Ukrainian: рекоменда́ція (rekomendácija) — act of recommending
- Urdu: شَفاعَت (śafā'at) — act of recommending
- Urdu: سِفارِش (sifāriś) — act of recommending
- Uyghur: تەۋسىيە (tewsiye) — act of recommending
- Uzbek: rekomendatsiya — act of recommending
- Uzbek: tavsiya — act of recommending
- Vietnamese: sự giới thiệu — act of recommending
- Vietnamese: sự tiến cử — act of recommending
- Welsh: argymhelliad — act of recommending
- Welsh: recomendasiwn — act of recommending
- Armenian: հանձնարարական (hanjnararakan) — that which is recommended
- Armenian: դիտարկում (ditarkum) — that which is recommended
- Armenian: խորհուրդ (xorhurd) — that which is recommended
- Armenian: առաջարկ (aṙaǰark) — that which is recommended
- Azerbaijani: tövsiyə — that which is recommended
- Azerbaijani: məsləhət — that which is recommended
- Bulgarian: препоръ́ка (preporǎ́ka) — that which is recommended
- Catalan: recomanació — that which is recommended
- Chinese Mandarin: 建議 /建议 (jiànyì) — that which is recommended
- Chinese Mandarin: 勸告 /劝告 (quàngào) — that which is recommended
- Chinese Mandarin: 推薦 /推荐 (tuījiàn) — that which is recommended
- Czech: doporučení — that which is recommended
- Danish: anbefaling — that which is recommended
- Dutch: aanbeveling — that which is recommended
- Dutch: aanrader — that which is recommended
- Finnish: suositus — that which is recommended
- French: recommandation — that which is recommended
- German: Empfehlung — that which is recommended
- Hungarian: ajánlat — that which is recommended
- Indonesian: saran — that which is recommended
- Indonesian: rekomendasi — that which is recommended
- Macedonian: препорака (preporaka) — that which is recommended
- Malay: syor — that which is recommended
- Malayalam: ശുപാർശ (śupāṟśa) — that which is recommended
- Māori: kupu whakatau — that which is recommended
- Norwegian Bokmål: anbefaling — that which is recommended
- Polish: zalecenie — that which is recommended
- Polish: polecenie — that which is recommended
- Polish: rekomendacja — that which is recommended
- Portuguese: recomendação — that which is recommended
- Spanish: recomendación — that which is recommended
- Swedish: rekommendation — that which is recommended
- Tagalog: rekomendasyon — that which is recommended
- Turkish: tavsiye — that which is recommended
- Vietnamese: thứ được giới thiệu — that which is recommended
- Armenian: երաշխավորագիր (erašxavoragir) — a commendation or endorsement
- Azerbaijani: zəmanət — a commendation or endorsement
- French: recommandation — a commendation or endorsement
- Norwegian Bokmål: anbefaling — a commendation or endorsement
- Russian: рекоменда́ция (rekomendácija) — a commendation or endorsement
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