accommodation | | |
n. (event) | 1. accommodation, adjustment, fitting | making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances. |
| ~ readjustment | the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances). |
| ~ domestication | accommodation to domestic life.; "her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication" |
| ~ habituation | a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions. |
| ~ betterment, improvement, advance | a change for the better; progress in development. |
| ~ shakedown | initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state.; "the new industry's economic shakedown" |
n. (communication) | 2. accommodation | a settlement of differences.; "they reached an accommodation with Japan" |
| ~ settlement | a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it. |
| ~ modus vivendi | a temporary accommodation of a disagreement between parties pending a permanent settlement. |
| ~ compromise | an accommodation in which both sides make concessions.; "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'" |
n. (cognition) | 3. accommodation | in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality. |
| ~ developmental learning | learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development. |
n. (artifact) | 4. accommodation | living quarters provided for public convenience.; "overnight accommodations are available" |
| ~ cabin class, economy class, second class | a class of accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations. |
| ~ first class | the most expensive accommodations on a ship or train or plane. |
| ~ living quarters, quarters | housing available for people to live in.; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters" |
| ~ lodging house, rooming house | a house where rooms are rented. |
| ~ stabling | accommodation for animals (especially for horses). |
| ~ steerage | the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship. |
| ~ tourist class, third class | inexpensive accommodations on a ship or train. |
n. (act) | 5. accommodation | the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need. |
| ~ service | the performance of duties by a waiter or servant.; "that restaurant has excellent service" |
| ~ assist, assistance, help, aid | the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" |
n. (act) | 6. accommodation | (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye. |
| ~ modification, adjustment, alteration | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment). |
| ~ physiology | the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms. |
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