accommodation

Noun

• (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye

• the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need

• living quarters provided for public convenience
  • overnight accommodations are available
    

• in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality

• a settlement of differences
  • they reached an accommodation with Japan
    

• making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  adjustment , fitting