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Definitions: Accommodation |
AccommodationNoun1. Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances. 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 lens of the eye. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "accommodation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Accommodation \Ac*com`mo*da"tion\, noun. [Latin expression accommodatio, from accommodare: compare to the French expression accommodation.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Biology & Biotechnology | A measure of the degree to which adjacent faces of adjoining peds are molds of each other. Source: European Union. (references) |
Economics | An arrangement or engagement made as a favor to another, not dependent upon a consideration received. (references) |
Finance | The lending of one person's good name or credit standing to a second person with no compensation in order that the second person may borrow money from a third person. Historically, accommodation meant the making of a loan by one person to a second person who lacks sufficient collateral but has the backing of a third person. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Crossing(bridge or culvert)which gives access between two portions of a farmer's land. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | Adjustment, especially that of the eye for various distances. (references) |
Literature | Accommodation A loan of money, which accommodates us, or fits a want. Accommodation Note or Bill. An acceptance given on a Bill of Exchange for which value has not been received by the acceptor from the drawer, and which, not representing a commercial transaction, is so far fictitious. Accommodation Ladder. The light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Medicine | The ability of the eye to adjust or accommodate to different visual distances. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The adjustment of the eye, generally spontaneous, made for the purpose of looking at an object situated at a given distance. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Metallurgy | It may occur that a test piece stressed beyond its elastic limit and not recovering after unloading its initial length, on being subjected to a series of loads and unloadings stabilizes at a length slightly different from the initial one. This occurrence is referred to as "accommodation" and is observed with cast iron. Source: European Union. (references) |
Personal Care & Hotels | Lodging, food and services. Source: European Union. (references) |
Statistics | Shelter and board provided to children and families on a permanent basis(such as in nursing homes and foster families). Source: European Union. (references) |
| Provision of lodging and sometimes board to retired people either in specialised institutions(old people's homes, nursing homes)or staying with families. The provision can be of temporary or indefinite duration. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Provision of lodging and possibly board to disabled people in appropriate establishments. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Synonyms: AccommodationSynonyms: adjustment (n), fitting (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation, reconcilement; assimilation. |
Aid | Ministry, ministration; subministration; accommodation. |
Lending | Noun: lending; Verb: loan, advance, accommodation, feneration; mortgage, second mortgage, home loan; (security); investment; note, bond, commercial paper. |
Pacification | Noun: pacification, conciliation; reconciliation, reconcilement; shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment; terms, compromise; amnesty, deed of release. |
Vehicle | Train; accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train; st class train, nd class train, rd class train, st class carriage, nd class carriage, rd class carriage, st class compartment, nd class compartment, rd class compartment; rolling stock; horse box, cattle truck; baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car; surface car, tram car, trolley car; box car, box wagon; horse car; bullet train, shinkansen, cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express; luggage van; mail, mail car, mail van. |
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Clever | Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation. (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | Hotel; motel; lodging; front desk; concierge; ding; bell; accommodation; fleabag; flop box; flophouse; hospice; hostel; hostelry; house; inn; motor inn; public house; resort; roadhouse; rooming house; scratch crib; tavern. |
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US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | All aerodromes in Germany open to national public traffic shall be open for the aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers, and in any such aerodrome such aircraft shall be treated on a footing of equality with German aircraft as regards charges of every description, including charges for landing and accommodation. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | And, in short, from knowing his usual ways, I am very much inclined to think that it was for their accommodation the carriage was used at all. |
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Health | The ADA requires that an employer provide reasonable accommodation for individuals who are qualified for a position. (references) | |
Business | Construction of rural health centers (RHC) with staff accommodation and proper water supply at Barakahu, Islamabad. (references) | |
Medicare entitles all Australian residents to the right to free accommodation, medical, nursing, and other care as public patients in public hospitals. (references) | ||
While the overwhelming majority of Finnish travelers choose packages, usually air and accommodation, a growing number of Finns are making individual travel arrangements. (references) | ||
Children | Benin | The child receives living accommodation, while income generated from the child's activities is split between the child's parents remaining in the rural area and the urban family that raises the child. (references) |
New Zealand | Persons with Disabilities The law prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment, education, access to places and facilities, and the provision of goods, services, and accommodation. (references) | |
Iceland | Moreover, the regulations also specify that, to the extent possible, the sidewalk outside the main entrance of a public accommodation or government building should be heated so that it remains clear of ice and snow throughout the winter. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Georgia | The Ministry for Refugees and Accommodation (MRA) is responsible for the screening and registration of refugees and new arrivals. (references) |
Croatia | For example, a person with temporary protection status does not have the right to work, although many are provided with emergency health care and temporary accommodation. (references) | |
Croatia | In May 2000, the Constitutional Court struck down provisions of the Law on the Status of Displaced Persons and Refugees that prohibited evictions unless alternative accommodation was provided for the evictee. (references) | |
Economic History | Barbados | Factory accommodation is available in these parks at subsidized rents. (references) |
Australia | The most popular types of accommodation are two-three star, medium-priced hotels. (references) | |
Kenya | Quality and reasonably-priced residential and office accommodation are readily available in Nairobi and Mombasa. (references) | |
Human Rights | East Timor | The prison has been unable to guarantee separate accommodation for juveniles in detention, as dictated in the regulations. (references) |
Bulgaria | The local authorities offered the Roma temporary accommodation in caravans, pending the construction of community apartments over the next 2 years. (references) | |
Minorities | Afghanistan | The Taliban was Pashtun-dominated and showed little tolerance for accommodation with ethnic minorities. (references) |
Political Economy | FINLAND | Medicines, books, passenger transportation, accommodation, TV licenses, admission fees to cultural and entertainment events, cinema performances and use of sporting facilities are taxed at an eight percent rate. (references) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Real economic growth was expected to be approximately 4 percent for the year, compared with an estimated 7.5 percent in 2000. The Government waived the 8 percent hotel accommodation tax for 18 months, beginning in August. (references) | |
Sudan | The Government considers this strategy as a possible inducement to the rebels for accommodation through a principle of regional autonomy; however, southerners are underrepresented in the central Government, and local appointees are not viewed universally as representative of their constituencies. (references) | |
Trade | Finland | Sport facilities usage, medicines, books, cinemas, passenger transport services, hotel and other accommodation, entertainment performances, sporting events, zoos, museums, and other such events or institutions are taxed at 8 percent. (references) |
Travel | Ghana | For all residential accommodation there is normally no deposit paid against consumption. (references) |
Australia | Bookings for major chains can be made before leaving the U.S. Accommodation ranges from standard rooms to elaborate suites. (references) | |
Women | Iceland | The City of Reykjavik, in addition to partially funding such services, provides special help to immigrant women who find themselves in abusive relationships, offering emergency accommodation, counseling, and information on legal rights. (references) |
Worker Rights | Poland | For instance, La Strada tries to help victims obtain safe accommodation, as well as therapy and psychological support. (references) |
South Africa | Once in the country they are provided with documentation and accommodation before being moved on to final destinations, where they are forced into prostitution, drug dealing, or other criminal activity until they pay off the debt of their travel expenses. (references) | |
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | Nor is there any country which presents a field where nature invites more the art of man to complete her own work for his accommodation and benefit. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | An early accommodation of differences will, it is hoped, prevent all such fraudulent and pernicious practices, and place the relations of the two countries on a very amicable and permanent basis. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The accommodation of varying views of four governments in the day-to-day civil administration of occupied territory is a challenging task. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Those who ask us to trade our freedom for the soup kitchen of the welfare state are architects of a policy of accommodation. |
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| "Accommodation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.83% of the time. "Accommodation" is used about 4,152 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.83% | 4,145 | 2,372 |
| Noun (common) | 0.1% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.07% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,152 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "accommodation": accommodation ability ♦ accommodation account ♦ accommodation address ♦ accommodation bill ♦ accommodation bureau ♦ Accommodation coach ♦ accommodation draft ♦ accommodation endorser ♦ accommodation house ♦ Accommodation ladder ♦ accommodation paper ♦ accommodation paralysis ♦ accommodation reflex ♦ accommodation road ♦ accommodation service ♦ accommodation structures ♦ accommodation train ♦ accommodation unit ♦ book accommodation at the hotel ♦ cramped housing accommodation ♦ find accommodation ♦ ladder accommodation ♦ officer accommodation ♦ overnight accommodation ♦ passengers accommodation ♦ range of accommodation ♦ seating accommodation ♦ sheltered housing accommodation ♦ sleeping accommodation. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "accommodation": accommodation-only. | |
Ending with "accommodation": assimilation-accommodation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
accommodation | 3,359 |
ireland accommodation | 928 |
london accommodation | 925 |
cancun accommodation | 904 |
florida accommodation | 851 |
italy accommodation | 797 |
rome accommodation | 690 |
hotel accommodation | 615 |
bali accommodation | 499 |
whistler accommodation | 433 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "accommodation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | woning (abode, dwelling, residence), afspraak (accord, agreement, appointment, date, rendezvous). (various references) | |
Albanian | voli (convenience, timeliness), ujdi (arrangement, bargain, composition, concert, concurrence, congruence, mutual agreement, settlement, transaction, tune, understanding), strehim (billet, bunker, casemate, coverture, dugout, housing, quarterage, refuge, resettlement, resort, shelter), mjet i përshtatshëm, dhomë hoteli. (various references) | |
Arabic | كمبيالة صورية, كمبيالة إسعاف, كل ما يؤمن الراحة, مكان المبيت, من يقف في جميع المحطات تقريبا, وسائل الراحة و التسلية, تكييف (conditioning), تكيف العين, توفيق (approvingly, god speed, luck, reconcile, success), تسوية الخلافات, تجهيز (equipment, outfit, preparation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съгласуване (agreement, concord, concordance, concurrence, congruence, consecution, coordination, harmonization, liaison, reconcilement), удобство (convenience, cosiness, ease, utility), сговорчивост (flexibility, tractability), сдобряване (atonement), разквартируване (housing, lodgement, quarterage), фиктивна полица (accommodation bill, kite), квартира (bed, diggings, digs, housing, lodgement, lodgings, lodgment, pad, place, quarterage, quarters, rooms, tenement), настаняване (collocation, installation, lodgement, lodgment, settlement), акомодация, приспособяване (adaptation, adjustment, conversion, fitting, modification, readjustment, tailoring), пригодяване (adaptation, adjustment), помещение (dwelling, premises, room), подслоняване. (various references) | |
Catalan | allotjament. (various references) | |
Chinese | 膳宿供". (various references) | |
Czech | akomodace, ubytování (accommodations, billet, cantonment, housing), přizpùsobení (assimilation, conformation, readjustment), místo (appointment, instead of, job, locus, part, place, post, room, situation, space, spot, stand, standing, venue), dohoda (accord, agreement, arrangement, bargain, compact, concord, contract, deal, settlement, stipulation, treaty). (various references) | |
Danish | samtykke (accede, accord, agree, agreement, consent, mutual understanding). (various references) | |
Dutch | accommodatie (accoutrement, accoutrements, equipment), logies (abode, dwelling, places to stay, residence), huisvesting (housing, lodging), aanpassing (accommodate oneself, adapt oneself, adaptation, adapter, adaptor, adjustment, appropriation, assimilation, conversion, goodness of fit, interface, matching, price adjustment, transmission line adapter, transmission line adaptor). (various references) | |
Esperanto | aranĝo (arrangement), alkonformigo, akomodo, akomodiĝo, adaptigo, tranoktejo, loĝigo, loĝejo (abode, dwelling, residence), konsentemo, kompromiso, interkonsento (agreement), faciligaĵoj, enloĝigo, cedemo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | bústaður (abode, address, dwelling, dwelling-place, residence), íbúð (abode, dwelling, residence). (various references) | |
Finnish | asumisetuudet, akkommodaatio (the ability of the eye to change its focus from distant to near objects), silmän mukautuminen (the ability of the eye to change its focus from distant to near objects), mukautuminen (adaptation, adapting), majapaikka (lodging, lodgings, quarters), maatilan peltoja yhdistävä silta (access, occupation crossing), maatilan peltoja yhdistävä rumpu (access, occupation crossing), laitoshoito, jäännösmyötyminen. (various references) | |
French | logement, compromis, hébergement, disposition, construction (building activity), arrangement, accomodation (accomodation), accommodation (accommodation ability). (various references) | |
Frisian | akkoart (accord, accordance, adjustment, agreement, arrangement, concurrence), wente (abode, dwelling, residence), went (abode, dwelling, residence), ôfspraak (accord, agreement, appointment, date, rendezvous). (various references) | |
German | Unterkunft (accommodations, billet, dwelling, house, housing, lodging, quarters), Unterbringung (housing, job placement, lodging, placement), Wohnung (abode, apartment, apartmentUS, dwelling, flat, habitation, lodging, place, property, residence, tenement), quartier (billet, district, neighbourhood, quarter, quarters), Beherbergung (housing, lodging), Akkommodation (accommodation ability). (various references) | |
Greek | στέγαση (housing, lodging, roofing, sheltering), κατάλυμα (lodging, quarter, quarters, shelter). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אשפוז (hospitalization), אכסון (hospitalization, lodging, quartering), ארוח (hospitality), "תאמ" (accord, adaptation, adjustment, agreement, appropriateness, aptness, compliance, correspondence, fit, fitness, harmony, suitability), "ארח" (hospitality), "סת'לות (acclimatization, adaptation, familiarization, habituation), "יור (habitation, housing, occupation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elszállásolás (billet, housing, quartering), alkalmazkodás (conformation, conformity, deference, opportunism, pliableness, pliancy), lakótér, hozzáalkalmazás (adaptation), helyiség (chamber, joint, place, premise, premises), elhelyezés (allocation, berth, disposition, emplacement, housing, locating, location, placement, putting, quartering, siting). (various references) | |
Icelandic | aðlögun (adaptation, adjustment), innrétting (adjustment, arrangement), bústaður (abode, dwelling, residence). (various references) | |
Indonesian | akomodasi. (various references) | |
Irish | cónaí (abode, dwelling, residence). (various references) | |
Italian | alloggio (abode, accommodation house, accomodation, apartment, billet, dwelling, flat, housing, lodging, lodging place, quarter, quarters, residence, rest), accomodamento (accord, adjustment, agreement, arrangement), aggiustamento (adjustment, fit), accordo (accord, accordance, agreement, arrangement, bargain, bond, chord, compact, concert, concord, concurrence, consent, contract, convention, correspondence, covenant, deal, harmony, keeping, permission, settlement, treaty, tune, tuning, understanding, unity), patto (accord, agreement, compact, condition, contract, covenant, pact, stipulation, term, treaty), compromesso (compensation, compromise, equation, give and take, offset, preliminary agreement, tradeoff), appartamento (abode, apartment, departure, dwelling, flat, lodging, residence, suite, tenement), alloggiamento (box, casing, housing, lodging, quarters, slot, socket), accomodazione (the ability of the eye to change its focus from distant to near objects). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 融通 (adaptability, finance, lending, versatility), 便宜 (advantage, convenience, expedience). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しゅくはくせつび, しゅうようのうりょく (capacity), しゅうようりょく (capacity), しゅうよう (admission, adoption, culture, custody, entering, expropriation, following, housing, reception, seating, self-discipline, training), べ"ぎ (advantage, convenience, expedience), わかい (compromise, mediation, reconciliation, settlement, young), ゆうずう (adaptability, energetically going forward, finance, lending, spirited advance, versatility), ゆうづう (adaptability, finance, lending, versatility), てきおう (adaptation, conformity, opponents king). (various references) | |
Korean | 설비. (various references) | |
Manx | aaght (board, covert, den, digs, lodging). (various references) | |
Norwegian | avtale (accord, accordance, agreement, appointment, concurrence, date, fix, rendezvous). (various references) | |
Papiamen | akomodashon, kas (abode, dwelling, house, residence). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | accommodationay.(various references) | |
Polish | urządzenie, mieszkanie (abode, dwelling, residence), impreza (adjustment, arrangement). (various references) | |
Portuguese | acomodação (accomodation, adaptation), compromisso (affiance, appointment, commitment, committal, compromise, engagement, indecency, obligation, plight, promise, undertaking), aposento (abode, apartment, chamber, dwelling, gunroom, lodging, residence, room), alojamento (accumulation, billet, house trained, housing, living wage, Lodge, lodgement, lodging, lodgment, quarter, quarters). (various references) | |
Romanian | ajutor (abettor, accomplice, adjoint, adjunct, adjutancy, adjutant, adjuvant, adminicle, aid, ancillary, assistance, assistant, auxiliary, backer, backing, collaboration, contribution, co-operation, deputy, easement, fire, friend, furtherance, help, helper, helpfulness, helping, mate, means, ministrant, office, redress, refuge, relief, remedy, rescue, salvation, saver, second, service, sos, staff, stand by, stead, succor, succour, support, supporter, sustainer, upholder), ajustare (adjustment, fitting, modulating), adaptare (adaptation, adjustment, arrangement, attachment, readjustment), acomodare (adaptation, conformation), potrivire (accord, adaptation, adequacy, adjustment, agreement, aptness, arrangement, congeniality, congruence, congruity, correspondence, decorum, dovetailing, felicity, fit, fitness, fitting, pairing, purpose, suitability), loc (billet, blank, corner, estate, field, job, lieu, locality, location, locus, place, point, position, post, quarter, region, room, seat, site, spot, stand, standing, station, stead, where), gãzduire (entertainment, hospitality, housing, lodging, lodgment), credit (credit, repute, supply), cazare (housing), înţelegere (accord, agreement, apprehension, arrangement, compact, compliance, composition, comprehension, comprehensiveness, concert, concord, concordat, connivance, convention, covenant, goodwill, grasp, grip, insight, intelligence, knowing, mindfulness, perception, prehension, realization, sympathy, understanding, unity), împrumut (lending, loan, loan word), împãcare (conciliation, pacification, placation, propitiation, reconciliation). (various references) | |
Russian | согласование (coordination, co-ordination, matching, negotiation, reconciliation), жилье (digs, habitation, lodging, lodgings, quarters), аккорд (accord, chord, chorda, concord), приспособление (adaptation, adjustment, aids and appliances, apliance, appliance, attachment, conformation, contraption, device, doohickey, gadget, gear, jig, readjustment, rig, tackle), помещение (camera, compartment, dry lodging, funeral home, premises, rooms). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zajam (advance, imprest, loan), usluga (favor, favour, ministration, service, turn), sporazum (accord, agreement, arrangement, come to an agreement, convention, covenant, pact, square deal, treaty, understanding), prilagođavanje (adjustment, denizen, suiting). (various references) | |
Spanish | alojamiento (billet, case, compartment, cubicle, digs, frame, housing, kip, lodgement, lodging, lodgings, lodgment, quarterage, quartering, quarters, rooms), convenio (accord, accordance, agreement, arrangement, bargain, chord, compact, concurrence, contract, convention, covenant, deal), construcción (adjustment, arrangement, building, building trade, construction, erection, making, setting up, structure), arreglo (accord, adaptation, adjustment, agreement, arrangement, compromise, establishment, fix, furnishing, overhauling, reconditioning, regulation, setting, settlement, settling, understanding), acuerdo (accord, accordance, adjustment, agreement, arrangement, chord, concord, concurrence, convention, deal, entente, filet, fillet, keeping, meeting of minds, settlement, settling, understanding), compromiso (agreement, commitment, committal, compromise, covenant, date, difficulty, engagement, meet, meeting, obligation, pledge, undertaking), adaptación (accommodation ability, adaptation, adapting, adjustment, arrangement, conversion, matching, ocular adaptation), acomodación (the ability of the eye to change its focus from distant to near objects). (various references) | |
Swedish | logi (lodging, quarters, shelter), bostad (abode, diggings, domicile, dwelling, dwelling place, flat, habitation, home, housing, lodgings, place, place of residence, quarters, residence), ackommodation. (various references) | |
Turkish | anlaxma (accord, accordance, agreement, concurrence), yatacak yer (accommodations, bed, lair, lying, quarters, sleeping accommodation), uzlaştırma (conciliation, pacification, reconciliation), uzlaşma (accord, agreement, combine, compromise, give and take, half measure, half-way house, mediatory, rapprochement, reconciliation, reunification, reunion, settlement, understanding), uyum (accord, accordance, balance, chime, coherence, coherency, concert, concinnity, concord, concordance, conformity, congruence, congruity, consecution, consistence, consistency, consonance, harmony, keeping, proportion, rapport, rhythm, scheme, symmetry, symphony, tune, unison), uyuşma (agreement, alignment, anesthesia, axis, bargain, compromise, concurence, consonance, entente, equalization, give and take, narcosis, numbness, pins and needles, stupefaction, understanding), uyma (adaptation, adherence, agreement, compliance, conformance, conformation, conformity, deference, fit, observance, respect), sağlama (enlistment, obtainment, procuration, procuring, proof, providing, provision, supply), kalacak yer (accommodations, lodging, quarters, refuge, rooms, sleeping accommodation), bulma (ascertainment, detection, find, finding, invention, obtainment, procurement, procuring), borç (arrear, arrears, care, debit, debt, encumbrance, liability, loan, obligation, red). (various references) | |
Ukranian | сховище (citadel, cover, covert, coverture, depository, depot, garner, haven, hide out, hold, housing, repertory, vault, warehouse), компроміс (compromise), вигода (account, advantage, avail, behoof, boot, capital, emolument, profit, spoil), пристосування (adaptation, appliance, arrangement, attachment, conformation, fit, fittings, readjustment, rig), пристановище (asylum, charity, harborage, harbourage, haunt, nook, resort), притулок (asylum, bield, chimney, cover, harbour, niche, nook, port, purlieu, refuge, sanctuary, shelter, subterfuge, succor, succour), примірення (atonement), приміщення (apartment, berth, cantonment, lodgement, lodgment, rooms), припасування (adjustment), послуга (favour, kindness, office, turn), погодження (adjustment, reconcilement, reconciliation), позика (loan). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự tiện lợi (convenience), sự thuận tiện chỗ trọ, sự thích nghi, sự d n xếp tiện nghi, sự điều tiết, chỗ ăn chỗ ở món tiền cho vay. (various references) | |
Welsh | llety (apartment, lodging), lle (location, place, room, space, spot). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | atrium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "accommodation": accommodational, accommodationist, accommodationists, accommodations. (additional references) | |
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"Accommodation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accomadation, accommadation, accommdation, accommidation, accommodadtion, accommodaion, accommodatio, accommondation, accomodation, accomudation, accormodation, ackomodation, acomadation, acommadation, acommodation, acomodation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "accommodation" (pronounced ukÄ'mudā"shun) |
| 7 | -m u d ā" sh u n | intimidation. |
| 6 | -u d ā" sh u n | consolidation, degradation, depredation, fluoridation, invalidation, liquidation, oxidation, sedation, trepidation, validation. |
| 5 | -d ā" sh u n | commendation, foundation, gradation, inundation, recommendation, retardation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intonation, intoxication, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-i-m-m-n-o-o-o-t" | |
-4 letters: commotion, monatomic. | |
-5 letters: ammoniac, ammonoid, anatomic, coaction, commando, manatoid, mandioca, monoacid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-d-i-m-m-n-o-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: accommodations. | |
+2 letters: accommodational. | |
+3 letters: accommodationist. | |
+4 letters: accommodationists. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 63 6F 6D 6D 6F 64 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. -.-. --- -- -- --- -.. .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01100011 01101111 01101101 01101101 01101111 01100100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c c o m m o d a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0063 006F 006D 006D 006F 0064 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35696981797981706786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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