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Meaning of 'accommodation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Accommodation [ n.]
- The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.
- Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
- Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn.
- An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
- The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
- A loan of money.
- An accommodation bill or note.

Meaning of 'accommodation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . accommodation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- living quarters provided for public convenience
Example in sentence:
  • overnight accommodations are available
Meaning (2):
- a settlement of differences
Example in sentence:
  • they reached an accommodation with Japan

Nearby Words:

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