ENDORSEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endorsement mean? 

• ENDORSEMENT (noun)
  The noun ENDORSEMENT has 5 senses:

1. a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

2. a speech seconding a motion

3. formal and explicit approval

4. a signature that validates something

5. the act of endorsing

  Familiarity information: ENDORSEMENT used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDORSEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

blurb; endorsement; indorsement

Context example:

the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book

Hypernyms ("endorsement" is a kind of...):

packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity (a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution)

Derivation:

endorse (be behind; approve of)

endorse (give support or one's approval to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A speech seconding a motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

endorsement; indorsement; second; secondment

Context example:

do I hear a second?

Hypernyms ("endorsement" is a kind of...):

agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Formal and explicit approval

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

countenance; endorsement; imprimatur; indorsement; sanction; warrant

Context example:

a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement

Hypernyms ("endorsement" is a kind of...):

approval; commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "endorsement"):

O.K.; OK; okay; okeh; okey (an endorsement)

visa (an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it)

nihil obstat (the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church)

Derivation:

endorse (guarantee as meeting a certain standard)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A signature that validates something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

endorsement; indorsement

Context example:

the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement

Hypernyms ("endorsement" is a kind of...):

signature (your name written in your own handwriting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "endorsement"):

blank endorsement; endorsement in blank (an endorsement on commercial paper naming no payee and so payable to the bearer)

Derivation:

endorse (sign as evidence of legal transfer)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of endorsing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

endorsement; indorsement

Context example:

a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements

Hypernyms ("endorsement" is a kind of...):

support (aiding the cause or policy or interests of)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "endorsement"):

aegis; auspices; protection (kindly endorsement and guidance)

Derivation:

endorse (be behind; approve of)

endorse (give support or one's approval to)

 Context examples 

"I have done myself the honour of counting you one trusting friend, and such endorsement is dear to me."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The man who travelled, loud-stepping, the direct line to the cabin door, he let alone—though he watched him vigilantly until the door opened and he received the endorsement of the master.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

SIR,—I have duly received your note, in which you claim to endorse my views, although I am not aware that they are dependent upon endorsement either from you or anyone else.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)