RECOMMENDATION

[noun]A recommendation is a suggestion that something is good or suitable for a particular purpose or job.I bought this computer on John's recommendation (= because John told me that it was good). [C]I got the job on Sam's recommendation (= because she told her employers that I was suitable for the job). [C]My university tutor wrote me a letter of recommendation to support my job application. [U]A recommendation is also advice telling someone what the best thing to do is.The government has accepted the key recommendation in Lord Justice Woolf's recently published report. [C]She is likely to make a recommendation in a few days time on whether the company should file a law suit. [C]The jury followed the judge's recommendation that they should take into account the extenuating circumstances. [C + that clause]