Meaning & Definition of Accommodation in English

1. 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 natural lens of the eye