board: Free room and board are provided for all hotel staff.
lodging: He was given free lodging in a three-room flat.
dwelling: Some 3,500 new dwellings are planned for the area. USAGE accommodation
In American English, accommodation is usually a countable noun. □ The motel provides cheap accommodations and good steaks. COLLOCATIONS accommodation NOUN
1
noun + accommodation : hotel, student; emergency
adjective + accommodation : overnight, rental, sheltered, temporary; affordable, cheap, comfortable, suitable
verb + accommodation : include, offer, provide; book, find
2
noun + accommodation : office
ac|com|pa|ni|ment /əkʌ mpn I mənt/ (accompaniments )
1 N‑COUNT The accompaniment to a song or tune is the music that is played at the same time as it and forms a background to it. □ He sang 'My Funny Valentine' to a piano accompaniment.
2 N‑COUNT An accompaniment is something which goes with another thing. □ [+ to ] This recipe makes a good accompaniment to ice-cream. ● PHRASE If one thing happens to the accompaniment of another, they happen at the same time. □ The team came out to the accompaniment of fireworks.
ac|com|pa|nist /əkʌ mpən I st/ (accompanists ) N‑COUNT An accompanist is a musician, especially a pianist, who plays one part of a piece of music while someone else sings or plays the main tune.
ac|com|pa|ny ◆◇◇ /əkʌ mpəni/ (accompanies , accompanying , accompanied )
1 VERB If you accompany someone, you go somewhere with them. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Ken agreed to accompany me on a trip to Africa. □ [V -ed] The Prime Minister, accompanied by the governor, led the President up to the house.
2 VERB If one thing accompanies another, it happens or exists at the same time, or as a result of it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] This volume of essays was designed to accompany an exhibition in Cologne.
3 VERB If you accompany a singer or a musician, you play one part of a piece of music while they sing or play the main tune. □ [V n] He sang and Alice accompanied him on the piano. SYNONYMS accompany VERB 1
escort: I escorted him to the door.
guide: He took the bewildered Elliott by the arm and guided him out.
lead: He took Dickon by the hand to lead him into the house.
usher: I ushered him into the office.
ac|com|pli /ækɒ mpliː/ → see fait accompli
ac|com|plice /əkʌ mpl I s, [AM ] əkɒ m-/ (accomplices ) N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Someone's accomplice is a person who helps them to commit a crime. □ The gunman escaped on a motorcycle being ridden by an accomplice.
ac|com|plish /əkʌ mpl I ʃ, [AM ] əkɒ m-/ (accomplishes , accomplishing , accomplished ) VERB If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it. □ [V n] If we'd all work together, I think we could accomplish our goal. □ [be V -ed] They are sceptical about how much will be accomplished by legislation.
ac|com|plished /əkʌ mpl I ʃt, [AM ] əkɒ m-/ ADJ If someone is accomplished at something, they are very good at it. [FORMAL ] □ She is an accomplished painter.
ac|com|plish|ment /əkʌ mpl I ʃmənt, [AM ] əkɒ m-/ (accomplishments )
1 N‑COUNT An accomplishment is something remarkable that has been done or achieved. □ For a novelist, that's quite an accomplishment.
2 N‑COUNT [usu pl, oft poss N ] Your accomplishments are the things that you can do well or the important things that you have done. [FORMAL ]
ac|cord ◆◆◆ /əkɔː r d/ (accords , according , accorded )
1 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] An accord between countries or groups of people is a formal agreement, for example to end a war. □ …a fitting way to celebrate the peace accord.
2 VERB If you are accorded a particular kind of treatment, people act towards you or treat you in that way. [FORMAL ] □ [be V -ed n] His predecessor was accorded an equally tumultuous welcome. □ [V n n] The government accorded him the rank of Colonel. □ [V -ed] The treatment accorded to a United Nations official was little short of insulting. [Also V n + to ]
3 VERB If one fact, idea, or condition accords with another, they are in agreement and there is no conflict between them. [FORMAL ] □ [V + with ] Such an approach accords with the principles of socialist ideology.
4 → see also according to
5 PHRASE If one person, action, or fact is in accord with another, they are in agreement and there is no conflict between them. You can also say that two people or things are in accord . [FORMAL ] □ [+ with ] …this military action, taken in accord with United Nations resolutions.
6 PHRASE If something happens of its own accord , it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen. □ In many cases the disease will clear up of its own accord.
7 PHRASE If you do something of your own accord , you do it because you want to, without being asked or forced. □ He did not quit as France's prime minister of his own accord.
8 PHRASE If a number of people do something with one accord , they do it together or at the same time, because they agree about what should be done. [LITERARY ] □ With one accord they turned and walked back over the grass. SYNONYMS accord NOUN 1