Words / B2

rek-uh-men-DAYSHUN/ˌrekəmenˈdeɪʃn/

A recommendation is advice on what to do, or a statement that someone is suitable: the inspector’s recommendation; a letter of recommendation. Recommend is the verb (already in the dictionary). The recommendation was to retimetable, not rebuild. Mix-up: commendation is praise. Do not treat a recommendation as a binding law.

Meaning

A suggestion about the best thing to do; also a statement that someone is suitable.

Examples

• “The inspector’s recommendation was to retimetable the corridor, not to rebuild.”
• “A recommendation letter sat in the UCAS reference, which is the suitability sense.”

Good to know

make / follow a recommendation; a letter of recommendation. Verb: recommend. Trap: commendation. Inspections, medicine, and applications. Advice, not a statute.

Near in meaning

advice

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