accommodation

Definitions of accommodation
  1. noun
    making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
    synonyms: adaptation
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    types:
    accoutumance
    a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
    type of:
    amélioration, avance
    a change for the better; progress in development
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