Definition of accommodation in English:
accommodation
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noun
1accommodationsNorth American Temporary lodgings, sometimes also including board.
- ‘the company offers a number of guesthouse accommodations in Cape Cod’
- 1.1British A room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay.
- ‘they were living in temporary accommodation’
housing, lodging, lodgings, living quarters, quarters, rooms, chambersView synonyms - 1.2The available space for occupants in a building, vehicle, or vessel.
- ‘there was lifeboat accommodation for 1,178 people’
space, room, seatingView synonyms - 1.3The provision of a room or lodging.
- ‘the building is used exclusively for the accommodation of guests’
2A convenient arrangement; a settlement or compromise.
- ‘management was seeking an accommodation with labor’
arrangement, understanding, settlement, accord, deal, bargain, compromiseView synonyms3The process of adapting or adjusting to someone or something.
- ‘ accommodation to a separate political entity was not possible’
adjustment, adaptation, attunement, fitting in, habituation, acclimatization, acclimation, acculturation, inurement, hardening, seasoning, conditioning, familiarization, assimilation, integration, domestication, naturalizationView synonyms- 3.1Physiology The automatic adjustment of the focus of the eye by flattening or thickening of the lens.
- ‘the power of accommodation to near objects’
Pronunciation
Origin
Early 17th century from Latin accommodatio(n-), from accommodare ‘fit one thing to another’ (see accommodate).
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