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Accommodation   /əkˌɑmədˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Accommodation

noun
1.
Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances.  Synonyms: adjustment, fitting.
2.
A settlement of differences.
3.
In the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality.
4.
Living quarters provided for public convenience.
5.
The act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need.
6.
(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye.



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"Accommodation" Quotes from Famous Books



... interception twenty years before of a datura draught from Canidia; the cellarman, summoned from amongst his amphorae; the cook, with his basting-ladle in his hand; the pompous nomenclator, who ushered the guests; the cubicularius, who saw to their accommodation; the silentiarius, who kept order in the house; the structor, who set forth the tables; the carptor, who carved the food; the cinerarius, who lit the fires—these and many more, half-curious, half-terrified, came to the judging of Datus. Behind them a chattering, giggling ...
— The Last Galley Impressions and Tales - Impressions and Tales • Arthur Conan Doyle

... a hint from the method adopted in the case of the Koh-i-noor. I intend to hide the stone in my cabin, so as to extinguish all risk, saving, of course, what the insurance people call the acts of God. May I look at your cabin accommodation?" ...
— The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 - An Illustrated Monthly • Various

... Doric portico, into a central hall. At its right-hand extremity, an open door revealed a room for the accommodation of mourners. Beyond this there was a courtyard; and, farther still, the range of apartments devoted to the residence of the cemetery-overseer. Turning from the right-hand division of the building, the bearers led the way to the opposite extremity of the ...
— Jezebel • Wilkie Collins

... wanting to engage me as the great noxious weed-killer and poisonous insect exterminator if I made away with you," I answered. I gave him an invitation to take a scat with me, and accepting, he swung up with easy grace. There was any amount of accommodation for the two of us on the good-natured ...
— My Brilliant Career • Miles Franklin

... of which a little cold water should be poured, and in summer time very frequently changed; and the butter must be kept covered. These coolers keep butter remarkably firm in hot weather, and are extremely convenient for those whose larder accommodation is limited. ...
— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton


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