recommendation, passport
(noun) 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”
recommendation
(noun) something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable
recommendation, testimonial, good word
(noun) something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable
Source: WordNet® 3.1
recommendation (countable and uncountable, plural recommendations)
An act of recommending.
That which is recommended.
A commendation or endorsement.
A suggestion or proposal about the best course of action (with adpositions including "about" for the context and "to" for the course of action)
• See also advice
Source: Wiktionary
Rec`om*men*da"tion (rk`m*mn*d"shn), n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 February 2025
(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; “an acrimonious dispute”; “bitter about the divorce”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
