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recommendation

/ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/ noun B2
  1. An act of recommending. (countable, uncountable)
  2. That which is recommended. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A commendation or endorsement. (countable, uncountable) · Your next employer may require a recommendation.
  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) (countable, uncountable) · He made a recommendation about what food to order.· We followed the recommendation to order sushi.
  5. Content which is automatically recommended to a user by the suggestion algorithm of a website or app. (countable, uncountable)

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Remember, also, Villefort, that we have pledged ourselves to his majesty for your fealty and strict loyalty, and that at our recommendation the king consented to forget the past, as I do” (and here she extended to him her hand)—“as I now do at your entreaty.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 46 · C1
Morrel of his wish to quit the sea, and obtained a recommendation from him to a Spanish merchant, into whose service he entered at the end of March, that is, ten or twelve days after Napoleon’s return.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 125 · C1
With thanks for your recommendation,
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 70 · B2
Why, he left Marseilles, and was taken, on the recommendation of M.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 306 · C1

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