a letter or the like recommending a person or thing.
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representation in favor of a person or thing.
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anything that serves to recommend a person or thing, or induce acceptance or favor.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME recommendacion < ML recommendātiōn- (s. of recommendātiō), equiv. to recommendāt(us) (ptp. of recommendāre to recommend; see -ate1) + -iōn--ion]
something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable
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something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable
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any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission; "her pleasant personality is already a recommendation"; "his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society"
Rec`om*men*da"tion\ (r?k`?m*m?n*d?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. recommandation.]1. The act of recommending. 2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations. 3. The state of being recommended; esteem. [R.] The burying of the dead . . . hath always been had in an extraordinary recommendation amongst the ancient. --Sir T. North.
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