recommendation

Advice about what you should do, choose, buy, or try.

• Thanks for your recommendation.
• We followed the doctor’s recommendations about exercise.
• Can you make a recommendation for a quiet restaurant?

How to use it: recommendation for something (Do you have a recommendation for a good hotel?); recommendation that someone do something (We accepted her recommendation that we leave early.)

Similar words: suggestion, advice

Common phrases: make a recommendation, follow a recommendation, recommendation for something

A person or thing that someone suggests as a good choice.

• This novel is my top recommendation.
• We tried both of her restaurant recommendations.
• Which of these film recommendations have you seen?

Similar words: suggested choice

Common phrases: top recommendation, book recommendation, restaurant recommendation

The act of telling someone that a person, thing, or action is a good choice.

• We chose it on her recommendation.
• His recommendation helped me get the job.
• The club accepted her after a recommendation from a member.

How to use it: on someone’s recommendation (I bought the book on my sister’s recommendation.)

Similar words: endorsement

Common phrases: on someone’s recommendation, personal recommendation, recommendation of someone