1. adjustment or modification. For example, regarding individuals with disabilities, it refers to reasonable accommodations made to meet their needs. In the context of bargaining and interpersonal negotiations, it refers to modification of the various parties’ demands or actions in order to achieve agreement or a mutually beneficial outcome.

2. the process by which the focus of the eye is changed to allow near or distant objects to form sharp images on the retina. Accommodation is achieved mainly by contraction or relaxation of the ciliary muscles, which exert tension on the zonules attached to the lens, but also involves adjustments in the convergence of the eyes and the size of the pupils.

3. see Piagetian theory. —accommodate vb.