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accommodation definition

ac·com·mo·da·tion (ə käm′ə dā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. an accommodating or being accommodated; adaptation (to a purpose); adjustment
  2. reconciliation of differences
  3. willingness to do favors or services
  4. a help or convenience
  5. lodgings; room and board
  6. traveling space, as in a railroad train or airplane; seat, berth, etc.
  7. the automatic adjustment of the eye, esp. the lens and pupil, for focusing on objects at various distances
  8. the act of making or endorsing an accommodation paper

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accommodation Synonyms

accommodation

n.

  1. Adjustment

    compromise, reconciliation, settlement, adaptation; see adjustment 1, agreement 2, 3.

  2. Convenience

    ease, comfort, luxury; see convenience 2.

  3. Favor

    service, benevolence, aid; see kindness 2.


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accommodation Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • rent: The flooring in your rented accommodation may differ from what you are used to.

Preposition: on

  • campus: There are five different areas of accommodation on campus and a wide variety of residences off campus.

Adjective modifier

  • self-catering: Darwin College offers some self-catering accommodation in the Darwin Houses.

Modifies a noun

  • provider: Please contact us to book a room or to ask for a list of local accommodation providers.

Noun used with modifier

  • catering: Looking for self catering accommodation no more than 5 minutes away from the beach in Bude, North Cornwall?
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accommodation quotes

In the final analysis, all architecture reveals the application of human ingenuity to the satisfaction of human needs. And among these needs are not only shelter, warmth and accommodation, but also the needs, felt at every moment in every part of the world in endlessly different ways, for something more profound, evocative and universal, for beauty, for permanence, for immortality.

-Nuttgens, Patrick

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