Meaning

(British, Australia, a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc..

Definitions by Sense

1. (British, Australia, a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.
2. (physical) Adaptation or adjustment.
3. (personal) Adaptation or adjustment.
4. (countable, geology) The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.
5. (linguistics, sociolinguistics) Modification(s) to make one's way of communicating similar to others involved in a conversation or discourse.

Example Sentences

I have booked the accommodation for my trip to Paris.

So, it's settled. I'm going to Penzance. Hooray! I've even booked my accommodation.

Having returned to my accommodation and explained my hurriedly decided change of plans, I then drove back to Dublin for even more research.

If you’re looking for a Caribbean adventure with luxurious accommodation then this is the place for you.

Pilots […] use the word fuselage whereas laypeople would more likely call the same "thing" the body of an aircraft. […] We have said above that speakers often signal that they belong to a certain group by making their language more similar to that of the other group members […] we thus adapt our language, dialect, accent, style and/or register to that of our addressee or addressees. This process is called speech accommodation. Among the reasons for accommodation may be our desire to identify more closely with the addressee(s), […]

Word Forms

• accommodations
• accomodation

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When Should You Use Accommodation?

Use accommodation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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