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accommodation

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Main Entry:
ac·com·mo·da·tion 
          Listen to the pronunciation of accommodation
Pronunciation:
\ə-ˌkä-mə-ˈdā-shən\
Function:
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 accommodations on the boat><overnight accommodations> 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 
          Listen to the pronunciation of accommodational \-shnəl, -shə-nəl\ adjective


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