endorsement
pronunciation
How to pronounce endorsement in British English:
UK [ɪnˈdɔ:smənt]
How to pronounce endorsement in American English:
US [ɪnˈdɔrsmənt]
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- Noun:
- a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
- a speech seconding a motion
- formal and explicit approval
- a signature that validates something
- the act of endorsing
Word Origin
- endorsement (n.)
- 1540s, from endorse + -ment. Figurative use from 1630s. Earlier endosement (early 15c.).
Example
- 1. Ms palin 's endorsement helped ms handel with republican voters .
- 2. The endorsement of the liberal boston globe was a mixed blessing in a republican primary .
- 3. A kind of negative endorsement , true .
- 4. The public relations problem implicit in that pale endorsement is an underlying reason why legitimacy crises recur .
- 5. That 's not much of an endorsement .