letter of recommendation

noun

A letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position.

Similar
LORletter of referencereference letter
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Meanings

nounletter of recommendation (plural letters of recommendation)

plural letters of recommendation

  1. A letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position.

    Synonyms: LOR, letter of reference, reference letter

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position.

Similar
LORletter of referencereference letter

Translations

Ancient Greek δίπλωμα
  • δίπλωμα (díplōma)evaluation letter
Chinese Mandarin 推薦信 /推荐信
  • 推薦信 /推荐信 (tuījiànxìn)evaluation letter
Dutch aanbevelingsbrief
  • aanbevelingsbriefevaluation letter
Finnish suositus, suosituskirje
  • suositusevaluation letter
  • suosituskirjeevaluation letter
French lettre de recommandation
  • lettre de recommandationevaluation letter
German Empfehlungsschreiben
  • Empfehlungsschreibenevaluation letter
Greek συστατική επιστολή
  • συστατική επιστολή (systatikí epistolí)evaluation letter
Hawaiian palapala ʻāpono, palapala kākoʻo
  • palapala ʻāponoevaluation letter
  • palapala kākoʻoevaluation letter
Hungarian ajánlólevél
  • ajánlólevélevaluation letter
Icelandic meðmæli
  • meðmælievaluation letter
Italian lettera di raccomandazione
  • lettera di raccomandazioneevaluation letter
Japanese 推薦状
  • 推薦状 (suisenjou)evaluation letter
Korean 추천장, 추천서
  • 추천장 (chucheonjang)evaluation letter
  • 추천서 (chucheonseo)evaluation letter
Latin diploma, probatoria
  • diplomaevaluation letter
  • probatoriaevaluation letter
Norwegian Bokmål anbefalingsbrev
  • anbefalingsbrevevaluation letter
Polish referencje
  • referencjeevaluation letter
Russian рекоменда́ция, рекоменда́тельное письмо́
  • рекоменда́ция (rekomendácija)evaluation letter
  • рекоменда́тельное письмо́ (rekomendátelʹnoje pisʹmó)evaluation letter
Swahili barua ya mapendekezo
  • barua ya mapendekezoevaluation letter
Swedish rekommendationsbrev
  • rekommendationsbrevevaluation letter
Cite this entry
APA

letter of recommendation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/letter%20of%20recommendation

MLA

“letter of recommendation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/letter%20of%20recommendation. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “letter of recommendation,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/letter%20of%20recommendation.

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