accommodation
pronunciation
How to pronounce accommodation in British English:
UK [əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃn]
How to pronounce accommodation in American English:
US [əˌkɑːməˈdeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- a settlement of differences
- in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality
- living quarters provided for public convenience
- the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need
- (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the lens of the eye
Word Origin
- accommodation (n.)
- "room and provisions, lodging," c. 1600, now usually plural (accommodations) and chiefly U.S.; from French accommodation, from Latin accommodationem (nominative accommodatio), noun of action from past participle stem of accommodare (see accommodate). Meaning "appliance, anything which affords aid" is from 1610s; that of "act of accommodating" is from 1640s.
Example
- 1. But accommodation requires give-and-take on both sides .
- 2. Calming pragmatic statements by muslim brotherhood leaders in cairo hint at an accommodation .
- 3. In a city of fast-rising house prices , the former villages offer affordable accommodation .
- 4. The president has sought an accommodation with this reality .
- 5. Moreover , the funding of legacy losses can be done on the cheap because of monetary accommodation .