recommendation
/ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
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)
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Content which is automatically recommended to a user by the suggestion algorithm of a website or app.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Your next employer may require a recommendation."
- "He made a recommendation about what food to order."
- "We followed the recommendation to order sushi."
Etymology
From Middle English recommendacioun, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio. By surface analysis, recommend + -ation.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: recommendacioun, recomendacion, recommendatio