accommodation [ a·cco·mmo·da·tion ]
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1. A room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay.
There are now 850 people living in temporary accommodation in Swindon.
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2. (accommodations) Temporary lodgings, sometimes also including board.
the company offers a number of guest house accommodations in Oberammergau
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3. The available space for occupants in a building, vehicle, or vessel.
Peter Sweeney has welcomed the allocation, which will provide accommodation for 40 vehicles.
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4. The provision of a room or lodgings.
The hotel itself has 100 rooms and 212 beds for the accommodation of visitors.
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5. A convenient arrangement; a settlement or compromise.
The centre provides lecture and exam accommodations to students with disabilities.
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6. The process of adapting or adjusting to someone or something.
accommodation to a separate political entity was not possible
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7. The automatic adjustment of the focus of the eye by flattening or thickening of the lens.
the power of accommodation to near objects
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Origin
1. Early 17th century from Latin accommodatio(n-), from accommodare ‘fit one thing to another’ (see accommodate).

