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Accommodation

Accommodation may refer to:

Accommodation (in British usage) or accommodations (in American usage), lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
Accommodation (religion), a theological principle linked to divine revelation within the Christian church
accommodation (law), a term used in United States contract law
Accommodation (eye), the process by which the eye increases optical power to maintain a clear image (focus) on an object as it draws near
Accommodation in psychology, the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences according to Jean Piaget, in the learning broader theory of Constructivism
Classroom accommodations under an Individualized Education Program
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, a linguistics term meaning grammatical acceptance of unstated values as in accommodation of presuppositions
Biblical Accommodation, the adaptation of text from the Bible to signify ideas different from those originally expressed.
PS Accommodation was a pioneer Canadian steamboat built by John Molson

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Translation

The word "Accommodation" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Simple English.

Translation(s) in other languages: German: Akkommodation, Spanish: Acomodación (desambiguación), Indonesian: Akomodasi, Dutch: Accommodatie, Norwegian (Bokmål): Akkommodasjon, Polish: Akomodacja, Finnish: Akkommodaatio, Ukrainian: Акомодація.


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