different between recommendation vs maxim
recommendation
English
Etymology
From Middle English recommendacion, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???k?m?n?de???n/, /???k?m?n?de???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
recommendation (countable and uncountable, plural recommendations)
- An act of recommending.
- That which is recommended.
- A commendation or endorsement.
- Your next employer may require a recommendation.
- A suggestion or proposal about the best course of action (with adpositions including "about" for the context and "to" for the course of action)
- He made a recommendation about what food to order.
- We followed the recommendation to order sushi.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:advice
Translations
See also
- recommend
recommendation From the web:
- what recommendations are made to motivate achievement
- what recommendations and conclusions of government on xenophobia
- how to improve achievement motivation
- how to increase achievement motivation
- what is motivation achievement
- how to develop achievement motivation
maxim
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman maxime and Middle French maxime, from Late Latin maxima (“axiom”), noun use of the feminine singular form of Latin maximus (apparently as used in the phrase pr?positi? maxima (“greatest premise”)). Doublet of maxima.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mæk.s?m/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mæk.s?m/, /?mæk.s?m/
Noun
maxim (plural maxims)
- (now rare) A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
- A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
- 1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, page 768:
- In every age and country of the world men must have attended to the characters, designs, and actions of one another, and many reputable rules and maxims for the conduct of human life, must have been laid down and approved of by common consent.
- 1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, page 768:
Synonyms
- (precept, succinct statement): Synonym: aphorism, cliche, enthymeme, proverb, saying
- See also Thesaurus:saying
Derived terms
- maxim worker
Translations
See also
- adage
- aphorism
- apophthegm
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English maximum, French maximum, German Maximum, Italian massimo, Russian ????????? (máksimum), Spanish máximo. Regarded as a shortened form of maxime.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mak?sim/, /ma??zim/
Adverb
maxim
- most
- Antonym: minim
Derived terms
See also
- plu
- min
Romanian
Etymology
From French maxime
Noun
maxim f (plural maximi)
- maximum
Declension
maxim From the web:
- what maximum
- what maximum battery capacity is bad
- what maxim replaces the seven commandments
- what maxims did boxer adopt
- what maxim do the animals adopt
- what maxim was adopted by all the animals
- what maxims do you live by
- what maxim does sarcasm flout
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