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living accommodations

living accommodations

1 3.3
Places like rooms or buildings where people live
  • noun
translation icon : alojamiento
  • "First, Jurassic Park has all the problems of any amusement park—ride maintenance, queue control, transportation, food handling, living accommodations, trash disposal, security."

Examples

  • After starting a conversation with the student, Lehmitz suggests other living accommodations the homeless student could use.

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  • Our first-class living accommodations combine all the comforts of home... with a nurturing environment.

  • Show him the living accommodations.

  • If privacy is important to you, make sure you provide your nanny with separate living accommodations.

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  • Oh, OK, this is just cardboard when I was sharing living accommodations with somebody as opposed to living on my own.

  • The first time it happened was when I was 5. My mother had a poultry farm back in Nigeria, and some of the workers had their own living accommodations at the end of our plot.

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  • It is not possible to determine whether those students believe that they have no other choice of free living accommodations and are therefore satisfied with their residence hall living environment by default.

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  • The new apartment provides excellent living accommodations for the entire family.

  • Students often struggle to find affordable living accommodations near campus.

  • The hotel offered luxurious living accommodations for its guests during their stay.

Synonyms

housing
vsliving accommodations
658 1.0

Buildings where people live, like houses or flats

is focused on collective living places rather than legal property terms
residence
vsliving accommodations
253 2.5

A house or other place where someone lives

is about places housing groups collectively rather than a single long-term home
accommodation
vsliving accommodations
135 5.0

A place where people stay, like a hotel or room

emphasizes collective living places rather than the act of provision
dwelling
vsliving accommodations
65 2.9

A house or apartment where someone lives

applies to shared or collective living places rather than an individual home
lodging
vsliving accommodations
50 3.4

A place where you stay for a short time or a short stay there

focuses on permanent collective housing instead of temporary stays
abode
vsliving accommodations
26 5.8

A place where someone lives, like a house

is concerned with collective living places rather than an individual's home
living quarters
vsliving accommodations
18 2.8

Rooms or small buildings where people live inside a larger place

refers more generally to places where groups are housed collectively
quarters
vsliving accommodations
2.9

Rooms or buildings where a group of people live, like soldiers

covers collective living places without implying a specific group
accommodation house
vsliving accommodations
3.8

A building that offers rooms for people to stay for a short time

applies more broadly to places where people live together, not just visitors
lodgings
vsliving accommodations
3.3

Temporary rooms you rent to stay in for a short time

covers shared or grouped living places rather than short rental stays

How Comfortable

luxury
322 4.2
house
1.0
apartment
  • US
1.0
living accommodations
1 3.3
hostel
34 2.1
shelter
253 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

live + accommodation

The phrase is fully compositional: 'living' (related to residing or inhabiting) combined with 'accommodations' (lodgings or housing) yields the straightforward meaning 'places to live or be housed'. This adjective+noun pattern is regular in English and parallels constructions in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Living accommodations joins the word living, meaning where people sleep and spend their time, and accommodations, meaning places or rooms that give shelter and basic needs. So it simply means 'places where people live or are housed', like rooms, shared houses, or company housing.