Dictionary Entry
accommodation
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ə.ˌkɒm.ə.ˈdeɪ.ʃən/Word FrequencyCommon (4.73)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)(usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
In a Sentence
“Writers often choose accommodation when discussing complex ideas.”
Published Usage Examples
“About the accommodation -- _accommodation_ means money, does not it?”
“The term accommodation, while it has a limited field of application in biology, has a wide and varied use in sociology.”
This entry also appears in ReadingWillow Year 12 word lists, so students can move between the dictionary and year-level study sets.
Origin
From Latin accommodare ‘to make fit’, via French accommodation.
Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “accommodation”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Poetry examples are still being gathered for this entry. They will appear here once matching poems are available in the library.
