accommodation
noun
[ əkɒməˈdeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay.
• "they were living in temporary accommodation"
Similar:
housing,
lodging(s),
living quarters,
quarters,
rooms,
chambers,
place,
place to stay,
billet,
shelter,
board,
a roof over one's head,
digs,
pad,
abode,
residence,
place of residence,
dwelling,
dwelling place,
habitation,
• a convenient arrangement; a settlement or compromise.
• "the prime minister was seeking an accommodation with Labour"
• the process of adapting or adjusting to someone or something.
• "accommodation to a separate political entity was not possible"
Similar:
adjustment,
adaptation,
attunement,
fitting in,
habituation,
acclimatization,
acclimation,
acculturation,
inurement,
hardening,
seasoning,
conditioning,
familiarization,
assimilation,
integration,
domestication,
naturalization,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin accommodatio(n- ), from accommodare ‘fit one thing to another’ (see accommodate).
