accommodation

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
accommodation/əkɒməˈdeɪʃn/
noun
  • 1 a room, building, or space in which someone may live or stay.

    ■ (accommodations) chiefly N. Amer. lodgings.

  • 2 a settlement or compromise.
  • 3 adjustment to or reconciliation of changing circumstances.
  • 4 the automatic adjustment of the focus of the eye by the lens.
– origin C17: from L. accommodatio(n-), from accommodare (see accommodate).
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