US /əˌkɑ.məˈdeɪ.ʃən/ UK /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/
noun Freq #15015

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A place to live or stay, such as a hotel room or apartment.

    I have booked the accommodation for my trip to Paris.

  2. 2
    noun

    An agreement that settles a disagreement by giving each side part of what it wants.

    After long talks, the two sides reached an accommodation.

  3. 3
    noun

    The act of changing or adjusting something to suit a need.

    The school made several accommodations for students with disabilities.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms accommodations
Derived forms accomaccommodationalaccommodationismaccommodationistdisaccommodationnonaccommodationoveraccommodationreaccommodationunderaccommodation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodusnom. Latin commodum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin commodō Latin accommodō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin accommodātiōnembor. French accommodationbor. English accommodation Fr…

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