Accommodation may refer to: * A

dwelling In law, a dwelling (also known as a residence or an abode) is a self-contained unit of accommodation used by one or more households as a home - such as a house, apartment, mobile home, houseboat, vehicle, or other "substantial" structure. The ...

* A place for temporary

lodging Lodging refers to the use of a short-term dwelling, usually by renting the living space or sometimes through some other arrangement. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, food, safety, shel ...

* The technique of adaptation to local cultures that the Jesuits used in their missions to spread Christianity among non-Christian peoples. * Reasonable accommodation, a legal doctrine protecting religious minorities or people with disabilities * Accommodation (religion), a theological principle linked to divine revelation within the Christian church * Accommodationism, a judicial interpretation with respect to Church and state issues * Accommodation bridge, a bridge provided to re-connect private land, separated by a new road or railway * Accommodation (law), a term used in US contract law * Accommodation (geology), the space available for sedimentation *

Accommodation (eye) Accommodation is the process by which the vertebrate eye changes optical power to maintain a clear image or focus on an object as its distance varies. In this, distances vary for individuals from the far point—the maximum distance from the 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 * Accommodations, a technique for education-related disabilities in special education services *

Communication accommodation theory Communication accommodation theory (CAT) is a theory of communication developed by Howard Giles. This theory concerns "(1) the behavioral changes that people make to attune their communication to their partner, (2) the extent to which people percei ...

, the process by which people change their language behavior 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 Accommodation (or condescension) is the theological principle that God, while being in His nature unknowable and unreachable, has nevertheless communicated with humanity in a way that humans can understand and to which they can respond. The concept ...

, the adaptation of text from the Bible to signify ideas different from those originally expressed * PS ''Accommodation'', a pioneer Canadian steamboat built by John Molson

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