English noun: accommodation |
1. | accommodation (event) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances |
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| Synonyms | adjustment, fitting |
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| Broader (hypernym) | advance, betterment, improvement |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | domestication, habituation, readjustment, shakedown |
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2. | accommodation (communication) a settlement of differences |
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| Samples | They reached an accommodation with Japan.
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| Broader (hypernym) | settlement |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | compromise, modus vivendi |
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3. | accommodation (cognition) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality |
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| Broader (hypernym) | developmental learning |
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4. | accommodation (artifact) living quarters provided for public convenience |
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| Samples | Overnight accommodations are available.
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| Broader (hypernym) | living quarters, quarters |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cabin class, economy class, first class, lodging house, rooming house, second class, stabling, steerage, third class, tourist class |
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5. | accommodation (act) the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need |
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| Broader (hypernym) | aid, assist, assistance, help |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | service |
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6. | accommodation (act) (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye |
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| Broader (hypernym) | adjustment, alteration, modification |
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| Domain category | physiology |
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