ACCOMMODATION


Meaning of ACCOMMODATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˌkä-mə-ˈdā-shən ]

noun

Date: 1603

1. : something supplied for convenience or to satisfy a need: as

a. : lodging, food, and services or traveling space and related services — usually used in plural

tourist accommodation s on the boat

overnight accommodation s

b. : a public conveyance (as a train) that stops at all or nearly all points

c. : loan

2. : the act of accommodating : the state of being accommodated: as

a. : the providing of what is needed or desired for convenience

b. : adaptation , adjustment

c. : a reconciliation of differences : settlement

d. : the automatic adjustment of the eye for seeing at different distances effected chiefly by changes in the convexity of the crystalline lens ; also : the range over which such adjustment is possible

• ac·com·mo·da·tion·al -shnəl, -shə-n ə l adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.