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   Ac·com·mo·da·tion

   /əˌkäməˈdāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. temporary lodgings, sometimes also including board: North American "the company offers a number of guesthouse accommodations in Cape Cod"
   • ▪ a room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay: British "they were living in temporary accommodation" Similar housinglodging(s)living quartersquartersroomschambersplaceplace to staybilletshelterboarda roof over one's headinformal:digspadformal:aboderesidenceplace of residencedwellingdwelling placehabitation
   • ▪ the available space for occupants in a building, vehicle, or vessel: "there was lifeboat accommodation for 1,178 people" Similar spaceroomseatingplaces
   • ▪ the provision of a room or lodging: "the building is used exclusively for the accommodation of guests"
   • 2. a convenient arrangement; a settlement or compromise: "management was seeking an accommodation with labor" Similar arrangementunderstandingsettlementaccorddealbargaincompromise
   • 3. the process of adapting or adjusting to someone or something: "accommodation to a separate political entity was not possible" Similar adjustmentadaptationattunementfitting inhabituationacclimatizationacclimationacculturationinurementhardeningseasoningconditioningfamiliarizationassimilationintegrationdomesticationnaturalization
   • ▪ the automatic adjustment of the focus of the eye by flattening or thickening of the lens: "the power of accommodation to near objects"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin accommodatio(n-), from accommodare ‘fit one thing to another’ (see accommodate).

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