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ac·com·mo·da·tion
\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French or Latin; French, from Latin accommodation-, accommodatio, from accommodatus + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : something that is supplied for convenience or to satisfy a need
< huts with no sanitary accommodation or running water — S.G.O'Kelly >
as
(1) : room, space
< the library accommodation is leased — Library Science Abstracts >
(2) : lodging, food, and services (as at a hotel) or seat, berth, or other space occupied together with services available (as on a train) — usually used in plural
< tourist accommodations on the boat >
< overnight accommodations for visitors >
b. : a public conveyance (as a railroad train) that stops at all or nearly all points
< I drove around the town in a horse-drawn accommodation — Mary H. Vorse >
< on the accommodation local — Bennett Cerf >
2. : the provision of what is needed or desired for convenience
< tables and benches are installed for the accommodation of picnickers — American Guide Series: New Hampshire >
3. : adaptation, adjustment
< an accommodation to transient conditions — W.R.Inge >
a. : application of a writer's language on the ground of analogy to a meaning not originally referred to or intended
< by the very greatest accommodation of language — C.M.Crawford >
b. : functional adjustment of an organism to its environment through modification of its habits
< a long period of migration, accommodation, and contest for supremacy among species — C.L.White & G.T.Renner >
c. : a process of functional adjustment of conflict between individuals and groups through change of habits and customs
4. : an adjustment of differences : state of agreement : settlement
< the question of reaching an accommodation with Japan — New York Times >
5. : loan
6. : the automatic adjustment of the eye for seeing at different distances effected in the eye of higher animals chiefly by changes in the convexity of the crystalline lens; also : the range over which such adjustment is possible for a particular eye |