accommodation

CEFRC1

/əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A place where someone lives or stays temporarily.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Adaptation or adjustment., The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.

Examples

  • Accommodation ranges from tourist class to luxury hotels.

  • The hotel has accommodation for one hundred.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /əˌkɔm.əˈdæɪ.ʃən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.

  2. Adaptation or adjustment.

  3. The adaptation or adjustment of an organism, organ, or part.

More examples

In context

  • The hotel has good accommodation.

  • I have booked the accommodation for my trip to Paris.

  • It is probable to my apprehension, that many of those quotations were intended by the writers of the New Testament as nothing more than accommodations.

Quick test

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Due to the heavy snowfall, we had to find overnight blank in a nearby hotel.

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Origin

noun

From French accommodation, from Latin accommodātiō (“adjustment, accommodation, compliance”), from accommodō (“adapt, put in order”). Superficially accommodate + -ion. The sense of "lodging" was first attested in 1600.