Meaning of accommodation in English

accommodation

noun

/əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/ us

/əˌkɑː.məˈdeɪ.ʃən/

accommodation noun (PLACE TO STAY)

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B1 [ U ] mainly UK

(US usually accommodations [ plural ])

a place to stay or live:

They paid for his flights and hotel accommodation.

There's a shortage of cheap accommodation in the city.

There is accommodation for about five hundred students on campus.

Hostels are a temporary solution until the families can be housed in permanent accommodation.

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accommodation

accommodationUK Our holiday accommodation was not up to standard.
place to stayIf you need a place to stay, I have a spare room.
lodgingOur lodging on the estate wasn't free: we had to help with household tasks in payment.
lodgingsAfter work she returned to her lodgings on the outskirts of town.
digsUK I had digs in Jesus Lane, not far from college.

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[ U ] old-fashioned UK

(US accommodations [ plural ])

a particular type of place to sit or sleep on a train, boat, etc.:

We were assigned first-class accommodation on the train.

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While he was at the library, Steve decided to seek out some information on accommodation in the area.
The price includes travel and accommodation but meals are extra.
Feeling guilty about the homeless is relatively easy; finding cheap, secure accommodation for them is more difficult.

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at home
back home
bolthole
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doorstep
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fold
gaff
get home
get home early
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humble abode
in-home
leave home
lodging
nest
non-domestic
undomesticated

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accommodation noun (ARRANGEMENT)

[ C or U ] formal

an agreement between two groups who have different opinions on a subject, or the process of reaching an agreement like this:

She may be able to reach an accommodation with other EU members on the question of immigration.

He sought accommodation with the United States.

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a special arrangement that is made for a person or group that has different needs to others:

make accommodations for The hotel tries to make accommodations for people with small children.

reasonable accommodations Companies should make reasonable accommodations for disabled employees.

As a host, what do you consider to be a reasonable accommodation for someone with a medically restricted diet?

As a business we offer flexible work hours and other accommodations for parents.

My children had no recognized disability so I did not qualify for any accommodation with regard to work hours.

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I think we could have come to an accommodation about a reasonable use of the site, but the other side refused to negotiate.
He believed that the Empire should be ruled through accommodations with local people.
We must address the issue of accommodations for gifted students.
Some accommodations were allowed for students with learning difficulties.
Accommodations were made for people with particular religious practices.

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Accepting & agreeing

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Plans and arrangements

accommodation noun (OF EYE)

[ U ] anatomy specialized

the process by which an eye is able to focus (= see clearly) by changing the shape of the lens

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Using the eyes

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accommodation noun (IN SPEECH)

[ U ] language specialized

the process in which someone changes their accent or other things about the way that they speak according to the speech style or behaviour of the person they are speaking to:

When two people from different social backgrounds meet, there is often a tendency for their ways of speaking to alter so that they become more alike, a process known as accommodation.

linguistic accommodation She carried out a study of linguistic accommodation in social settings.

communication accommodation Communication accommodation theory (CAT) aims to explain and predict how and why individuals engage in interactional adjustments with others.

speech accommodation Speech accommodation theory holds that communicators are motivated to adjust aspects of their speech styles as a way of expressing attitudes and intentions.

[ U ] phonetics specialized

a process in which a speech sound is changed according to the sound that comes directly before or after it:

One of the most common forms of accommodation is that consonants tend to be labialized when followed by a rounded vowel, as in cool or rude.

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(Definition of accommodation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

accommodation | Business English

accommodation

noun

/əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃən/

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[ U ] PROPERTY UK

( US accommodations [ plural ])

a place in which to live, work, stay, etc.:

The cost, including flights, accommodation, and meals, was €100,000.

temporary accommodation

luxury accommodations.

[ C or U ]

a satisfactory arrangement between people who disagree about something:

come to/find/reach an accommodation I thought we could come to an accommodation about what is a reasonable use of the site, but all we heard was "No, I don't negotiate".

[ S ] FINANCE mainly US

a loan that is made temporarily to someone who needs money quickly, in order to give them time to make a formal arrangement for a loan

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Examples of accommodation

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Different perceptions of land claims and differing patterns of land use prevented the possibility of mutual accommodation.

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A service provider might well have organised the information by provider, and judged residential care establishments as inappropriate to an accommodation guide.

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Accommodation, assimilation and reciprocity are refrains heard throughout the edition.

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The work of accommodation agency services in some voluntary organisations, assisted by funding from government, provides the clearest example of market efficiency approaches.

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This scheme showed that rehabilitation of historic buildings could provide accommodation at affordable prices for the less affluent.

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Accommodation rooms were cleaned and disinfected one section at a time, and new guests were accommodated in the cleaned sections.

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These may include reanalysis of already existing devices, grammaticalization of a lexical item and also grammatical accommodation.

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They worked in isolation, with poor accommodation and rations, exposed to a range of diseases, and were relatively poorly paid.

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He was frustrated by the time and accommodation for music and in the end only taught a few lessons.

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This could be indicated by the often luxurious accommodation at the top end of the barracks.

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They parallel the early stages of human vocal acquisition and production, including babbling, turn taking, control, and accommodation, with those of nonhuman primates.

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When it comes to accommodation, visitors would be spoilt for choice!

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Creative approaches to funding the cost of accommodation, meals and transport should be explored by local authorities, home managers and voluntary organisations.

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Collocations with accommodation

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affordable accommodation

However, more affordable accommodation at least offers more hope to first-time buyers than the ridiculous, spiralling boom prices that many of them faced previously.

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appropriate accommodation

Concerns with accessing appropriate accommodation from the perspective of staff and older people are presented.

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comfortable accommodation

Hugo demonstrates the comfortable accommodation of the doctrine of humors within philosophical and theological discourse of the twelfth century.

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Meaning of accommodation in English

accommodation noun (PLACE TO STAY)

accommodation noun (ARRANGEMENT)

accommodation noun (OF EYE)

accommodation noun (IN SPEECH)

accommodation | Business English

Examples of accommodation

Collocations with accommodation

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