Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of endorsing: The athlete was highly paid to do endorsements of products.
- n. Something, such as a signature or voucher, that endorses or validates.
- n. Approbation; sanction; support: The candidates competed for the union's endorsement.
- n. An amendment to a contract, such as an insurance policy, by which the original terms are changed.
Wiktionary
- n. The act or quality of endorsing
- n. An amendment or added notation to an insurance contract or other official document (such as a driving licence).
- n. aviation An instructor's signed acknowledgement of time practising specific flying skills.
- n. education, certification Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.
- n. Sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise.
- n. Support from an important, renowned figure of a media (celebrity, politics, sports, etc.), to get back up.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Same as indorsement.
WordNet 3.0
- n. formal and explicit approval
- n. a signature that validates something
- n. the act of endorsing
- n. a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
- n. a speech seconding a motion
Etymologies
- endorse + -ment (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Note: As a minister in the United Church of Christ, I trust deeply in the Constitutional principle of separation of church and state and my endorsement is therefore a personal one and does not reflect on the church I serve or my denomination.”
“As a minister in the United Church of Christ, I trust deeply in the Constitutional principle of separation of church and state and my endorsement is therefore a personal one and does not reflect on the church I serve or my denomination.”
“This endorsement is an honor and I promise to fight for my district with as much vigor and initiative as Governor Christie does for New Jersey residents.”
The Huffington Post: Gov. Chris Christie Endorses Michael Grimm In NY-13
“Aside from trying to breathe new life into Grayson's foundering campaign, the endorsement is a sign of just how much McConnell, the Senate minority leader, has riding on the election.”
“Why anyone would want his endorsement is amazing and very short sighted.”
“As for the Sarah Palin endorsement, that is terrific, but the candidate herself needs some credit here too.”
“Considering the Clinton camp's behavior, this endorsement is actually well timed.”
“I'M A woman and i think this endorsement is a slap in the face to all women that support HIllary.”
“Well that's for the start the endorsement is a start let see what, s gonna happen from here on.”
“Matthew, your endorsement is a null set, if you will.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘endorsement’.
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POL - scandalous (single words only)
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Words and collocations associated with political scandal
blow the whistle, boo, cronyism and rigging, democratic deficit, denigrate, dirty linen, fiasco, finger pointing a..., graft, hidden account, hush money, illicit financing... and 578 more...
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Joe the Plumber
Hilariously over-used political talking points, or slogans, labels, etc. Also humorous misspeak. Whatever you want to do with this please do, as long as your entry jogs a memory. Add away.
...team of maveriks, joe the plumber, pork barrel spending, that one, bridge to nowhere, lipstick, arab, nu-cu-lar, battleground states, i approved this m..., hockey mom, 3 am phone call and 165 more...
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LinkedIn Lexicon
Some LinkedIn lingo and acronyms
IDK, LIONS, LION, profile, connection, connections, LinkedIn, recommend, recommendation, linked in, linked, following and 17 more...
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Neww
specious, disdainfully, vehemently, in lieu of, dismissive, perpetual, preposterous, impasse, fathom, conversely, repugnant, clogged and 142 more...
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cranny, tummy, nook, sinister, cajole, frugal, chafe, wimp, booger, patriarchy, indifference, mire and 162 more...
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Reading Random
Got unknown words randomly
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Words used in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
decadence, emancipation, nostalgia, abounded, modernity, revolution, famine, conservative, privy, vied, nascent, correspondence and 211 more...
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The fountainhead - 1
endorsement, connotation, reverence, grandeur, pertain, realm, arrogate, hesitate, preempt, usurp, exaltation, contemplate and 13 more...
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OrbitalCombustion's Words
nepenthe, phrontistery, peregrination, pervicacious, sinistrality, phallogocentric, prolixity, leptokurtic, ineffable, haecceity, lucubration, vicissitudes and 1026 more...
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