accommodation

UK /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/ US /əˌkɑ.məˈdeɪ.ʃən/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.) place for sb to live/stay

ADJ

sheltered

My grandmother moved into sheltered accommodation after she had difficulty managing stairs.

secure

Finding secure accommodation near the university was difficult, so many students shared apartments together.

student

VERB + ACCOMMODATION

have

Many refugees arrived in the city without having proper accommodation for their families.

look for, seek | find, get, secure

offer (sb), provide (sb with)

The university offered accommodation to all first-year students in the campus residence halls.

ACCOMMODATION + NOUN

costs

PREP

in ~

(noun.) satisfactory arrangement

VERB + ACCOMMODATION

come to, make, reach, work out | seek

PREP

~ between

We found some accommodation between the two departments about the new office layout.

~ to

After moving to the city, she needed time for accommodation to her new job's demanding schedule.

~ with

After months of disagreement, the two companies finally reached an accommodation with each other.

Definitions

noun

Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.

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.

Adaptation or adjustment.

It is true, the organization of the humane and animal Body, with accommodation to their several functions and offices, is certainly fitted with the most curious and exact Mechanism imaginable

Adaptation or adjustment.

...and Lady Anne, for the present, felt as if Fanchette and her coach full of accommodations, heavy as they might once be supposed to be, were suddenly swallowed up in that awful sea, to which so many refractory spirits have been exorcised and consigned.

Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.

Adaptation or adjustment.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — making or becoming suitable

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

I have booked the accommodation for my trip to Paris.

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

The hotel has good accommodation.

Tatoeba · #49880

The hotel has accommodation for one hundred.

Tatoeba · #49898

Did you book accommodation at the hotel?

Tatoeba · #49901

Usage Notes

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In some senses, accommodation is marked as British. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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