accommodation (n.)

  1. making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

    [ Syn: adjustment , fitting ]

  2. a settlement of differences; they reached an accommodation with Japan'

  3. in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality

  4. living quarters provided for public convenience; overnight accommodations are available'

  5. the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need

  6. (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye

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