Accommodation may refer to:
- Accommodation (in British usage) or accommodations (in American usage) is lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc. Lodging or a holiday accommodation is a type of residential Accommodation. "Habitation" redirects here For Habitation at Port-Royal see Habitation at Port-Royal. A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging usually on a short-term basis A cruise ship or cruise liner is a Passenger ship used for pleasure voyages where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience
- Accommodation (religion), a theological principle linked to divine revelation within the Christian church
- accommodation (law), a term used in United States contract law
- Accommodation Bill, a bill of exchange
- Accommodation (eye), the sense in ophthalmology
- Accommodation (physiology), process of changes in bodily function due to repeated exposure to drugs or toxins
- Accommodation (psychology), the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences according to Jean Piaget (see also assimilation)
- Communication Accommodation Theory, the process by which people change their language behaviour to be more or less similar to that of the people with whom they are interacting. Accommodation is a theological principle linked to divine revelation within the Christian church Accommodation is a term used in United States Contract law under the Uniform Commercial Code to describes a delivery of nonconforming goods meant as a Accommodation is the process by which the:eye increases Optical power to maintain a clear image ( focus) on an object as it draws near the eye Constructivism is a psychological theory of knowledge ( Epistemology) which argues that humans construct knowledge and meaning from their experiences Jean Piaget pjaʒɛ ( August 9, 1896 &ndash September 16, 1980) was a Swiss philosopher, natural scientist A region or society where several different groups are spontaneously assimilated is sometimes referred to as a Melting pot. Communication Accommodation Theory is a result of the work of Howard Giles, Communication professor at the University of California Santa Barbara
- Accommodation is a linguistics term meaning grammatical acceptance of unstated values as in Accommodation of presuppositions
- Biblical Accommodation is the adaptation of text from the Bible to signify ideas different from those originally expressed. In the linguistic branch of Pragmatics, a presupposition is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in Biblical Accommodation is the adaptation of words or sentences from the Bible to signify ideas different from those expressed therin
- Accommodation (education) are modifications made in the classroom to assist a child with a disability
it may also include resorts, hotels, backpacker hostels, b&b's etc.
Dictionary
accommodation
-noun
- (British) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
- The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to
- Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
- Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn - Sir W. Scott
- An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
- The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
- (commerce) A loan of money
- (commerce) An accommodation bill or note.
- (law) an offer of substitute goods to fulfill a contract, which will bind the purchaser if accepted
- (eye) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.
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