accommodation English · revision 10282

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1600|origins=fr accommodation|origins=la accommodatio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/ ''(UK)''; /əˌkɑ.məˈdeɪ.ʃən/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|accommodation]], from Latin accommodātiō, accommodātiōnem, an adjustment,^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) from accommodāre, to make fit, fit one thing to another (see [[accommodate]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ That which supplies a want or need: about 1600 in Etymonline, the early 17th century in the SOED.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ An appliance or anything that gives aid is from the 1610s,^(Etymonline) and the act of accommodating, adapting, from 1644 (the 1640s).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) An arrangement of a dispute, a compromise, is from 1645.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The adaptation of a word or system to something different is from 1724,^(OED 1989) and a conciliatory disposition from 1768.^(OED 1989) Lodging and board, the commonest modern sense, is a later use.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) An ''accommodation train'', stopping at all stations, is American, and the term was used earlier of stagecoaches (1811).^(Etymonline) The adjustment of the eye to view objects at different distances is from 1833.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1600 – something that meets a need.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1644 – adaptation.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1645 – a settlement of a dispute.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1768 – a conciliatory attitude.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1811 – accommodation coach.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1833 – accommodation of the eye.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A place to live or stay; [[lodging]]s, sometimes with food.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Adjustment or adaptation to new circumstances.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A settlement or [[compromise]] between opposing views.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Something that meets a need; a convenience.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(physiology)'' The adjustment of the eye's lens to see objects at different distances.^(Collins 2023)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accommodational]]

+ * [[accommodationist]]

+ * [[nonaccommodation]]

+ * [[accommodation bill]]

+ * [[accommodation line]]

+ * [[accommodation ladder]]

+ * [[accommodation train]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accommodate]]

+ * [[commodity]]

+ * [[commode]]

+ * [[mode]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}