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accommodation
A	noun
	1	accommodation
			(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the lens of the eye
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚alteration; modification; adjustment ╚accommodation ╚habituation ╚domestication ╚readjustment
	2	accommodation
			the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚aid; assist; assistance; help ╚accommodation ╚service
	3	accommodation
			living quarters provided for public convenience; "overnight accommodations are available"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚structure; construction ╚housing; lodging; living accommodations ╚living quarters; quarters ╚accommodation ╚tourist class; third class ╚steerage ╚stabling ╚lodging house; rooming house ╚first class ╚Cabin class; second class
	4	accommodation
			in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚basic cognitive process ╚learning; acquisition ╚developmental learning ╚accommodation
	5	accommodation
			a settlement of differences; "they reached an accommodation with Japan"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚agreement; understanding ╚settlement ╚accommodation ╚compromise ╚modus vivendi
	6	adjustment, accommodation, fitting
			making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚change; alteration; modification ╚transformation; transmutation; shift ╚improvement; betterment; advance ╚adjustment, accommodation, fitting ╚shakedown

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