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ACCOMMODATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("accommodation" is a kind of...):
adjustment; alteration; modification (the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment))
Domain category:
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)
Derivation:
accommodational (of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("accommodation" is a kind of...):
aid; assist; assistance; help (the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accommodation"):
service (the performance of duties by a waiter or servant)
Derivation:
accommodate (provide a service or favor for someone)
accommodate (provide with something desired or needed)
accommodate (provide housing for)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Living quarters provided for public convenience
Example:
overnight accommodations are available
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("accommodation" is a kind of...):
living quarters; quarters (housing available for people to live in)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accommodation"):
cabin class; economy class; second class (a class of accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations)
first class (the most expensive accommodations on a ship or train or plane)
lodging house; rooming house (a house where rooms are rented)
stabling (accommodation for animals (especially for horses))
steerage (the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship)
third class; tourist class (inexpensive accommodations on a ship or train)
Derivation:
accommodate (provide housing for)
Sense 4
Meaning:
In the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("accommodation" is a kind of...):
developmental learning (learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development)
Derivation:
accommodate (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)
accommodate (make (one thing) compatible with (another))
Sense 5
Meaning:
A settlement of differences
Example:
they reached an accommodation with Japan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("accommodation" is a kind of...):
settlement (a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accommodation"):
modus vivendi (a temporary accommodation of a disagreement between parties pending a permanent settlement)
compromise (an accommodation in which both sides make concessions)
Derivation:
accommodate (make (one thing) compatible with (another))
Sense 6
Meaning:
Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
Synonyms:
accommodation; adjustment; fitting
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("accommodation" is a kind of...):
advance; betterment; improvement (a change for the better; progress in development)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accommodation"):
readjustment (the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances))
domestication (accommodation to domestic life)
habituation (a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions)
shakedown (initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state)
Derivation:
accommodate (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)
accommodate (make (one thing) compatible with (another))
accommodate (be agreeable or acceptable to)
Context examples:
It also sends parasympathetic efferents (via the ciliary ganglion) to the muscles controlling pupillary constriction and accommodation.
(Oculomotor Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Persons with physical or mental disabilities that affect or limit their activities of daily living and that may require special accommodations.
(Disabled Population, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
When applied topically to eyes, this agent stimulates the sphincter pupillae to contract, resulting in miosis; stimulates the ciliary muscle to contract, resulting in spasm of accommodation; and may cause a transitory rise in intraocular pressure followed by a more persistent fall due to opening of the trabecular meshwork and an increase in the outflow of aqueous humor.
(Pilocarpine, NCI Thesaurus)
The room had then become useless, and for some time was quite deserted, except by Fanny, when she visited her plants, or wanted one of the books, which she was still glad to keep there, from the deficiency of space and accommodation in her little chamber above: but gradually, as her value for the comforts of it increased, she had added to her possessions, and spent more of her time there; and having nothing to oppose her, had so naturally and so artlessly worked herself into it, that it was now generally admitted to be hers.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
For this gathering, the Zoological Hall which had been the scene of the inception of our task was found to be far too small, and it was only in the Queen's Hall in Regent Street that accommodation could be found.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her habit therefore was thrown off with all possible haste, and she was preparing to unpin the linen package, which the chaise-seat had conveyed for her immediate accommodation, when her eye suddenly fell on a large high chest, standing back in a deep recess on one side of the fireplace.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
And I do assure you, ma'am, pursued Mrs Croft, that nothing can exceed the accommodations of a man-of-war; I speak, you know, of the higher rates.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Lastly, confirm your accommodations and double-check all addresses.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Ferndean then remained uninhabited and unfurnished, with the exception of some two or three rooms fitted up for the accommodation of the squire when he went there in the season to shoot.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“It is humble,” said Mr. Micawber, “—to quote a favourite expression of my friend Heep; but it may prove the stepping-stone to more ambitious domiciliary accommodation.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
