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# accommodation

«accommodation» in Mova's school dictionary: **A place to live or stay, such as a house, flat or hotel room** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (accommodation — uncountable in UK; accommodations — US)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A place to live or stay, such as a house, flat or hotel room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodation/#m1)

2) (formal) An agreement or arrangement that helps both sides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodation/#m2)

3) (US, school) Accommodations: changes that help a pupil learn, like extra time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and travel, people book accommodation for holidays. In maths, accommodation costs appear in budget problems: £60 a night for 3 nights = £180. In US schools, accommodations help pupils with special needs. Phrases: holiday accommodation, student accommodation, find accommodation.

### examples

- We booked accommodation near the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodation/#x1)
- The accommodation costs £50 per night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodation/#x2)
- The school trip includes accommodation and meals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodation/#x3)
- Student accommodation is close to the university. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodation/#x4)
- They needed temporary accommodation after the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodation/#x5)
- He gets accommodations like extra time in exams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodation/#x6)
- Unfortunately I cannot put you up, for I have no bed to offer you, and no accommodation whatsoever for a guest in this poor place!” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodation/#x7)

### note

Spelling trap: double c and double m — accommodation. In UK English it is uncountable: «some accommodation», not «an accommodation» for a place. The verb accommodate means to have room for, or to help.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «accommodation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.