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# recommendation

«recommendation» in Mova's school dictionary: **advice about what someone should do, as in «the doctor's…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a recommendation, recommendations; recommendation, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A recommendation is advice about what someone should do, as in «the doctor's recommendation is rest». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommendation/#m1)

2) A recommendation is a suggestion that something or someone is good, like a book, film or worker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommendation/#m2)

3) (formal) A letter of recommendation says good things about a person who is applying for a job or school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommendation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, friends give recommendations for books, games and films; apps and websites also show recommendations based on what you have watched, made by computer programs. In science and report writing, a final section may give recommendations. In online safety, pupils learn that app recommendations are made to keep you watching. Phrases: «on someone's recommendation», «make a recommendation», «letter of recommendation».

### examples

- Thanks for the book recommendation; I loved it! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommendation/#x1)
- The doctor's recommendation was to drink more water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommendation/#x2)
- I tried the café on my friend's recommendation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommendation/#x3)
- The report ends with three recommendations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommendation/#x4)
- The video app's recommendations kept me watching too long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommendation/#x5)
- The teacher wrote a letter of recommendation for the music school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommendation/#x6)
- My recommendation is to start your homework early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommendation/#x7)
- As to the king, the Caliph contented himself with sending him back to Balsora, with the recommendation to be more careful in future in the choice of his vizir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommendation/#x8)

### note

Countable noun. Spelling: one c, double m: re-co-mm-end-ation. Verb: recommend. Common mistake: «recommend me a book» is less standard than «recommend a book to me».

### In the corpora

- [Recommendations may push videos that keep people watching, including angry or scary ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/17-voice-assistants-recommendations/8/)
- [Music apps use recommendation algorithms built from your own listening history and other people's.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/5-the-songs-on-everyones-phone-streaming-playlists-earworms/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «recommendation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommendation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.