accommodate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige.
to accommodate a friend by helping him move to a new apartment.
- Antonyms:
- inconvenience
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to provide suitably; supply (usually followed bywith ).
The officials were accommodated with seats toward the front of the room.
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to lend money to.
Can you accommodate him, or are you short of cash?
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to provide with a room and sometimes with food.
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to furnish with accommodations, as food and lodgings.
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to have or make room for.
Will this elevator accommodate 10 people?
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to make suitable or consistent; adapt.
to accommodate oneself to circumstances.
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to bring into harmony or make adjustments or allowances for.
to accommodate differences;
to accommodate your busy schedule.
verb (used without object)
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to become adjusted or adapted.
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to become reconciled; agree.
verb
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(tr) to supply or provide, esp with lodging or board and lodging
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(tr) to oblige or do a favour for
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to adjust or become adjusted; adapt
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(tr) to bring into harmony; reconcile
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(tr) to allow room for; contain
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(tr) to lend money to, esp on a temporary basis until a formal loan has been arranged
Usage
What does accommodate mean? To accommodate someone is to do them a favor or meet their needs or wants in some way, as in You don’t have to accommodate everyone all the time—sometimes the answer should be no. To accommodate a request is to honor it—to do what has been asked, as in They were kind enough to accommodate my special requests.The adjective accommodating means eager or willing to help or please in this way.Accommodate can also mean to make or have room for, as in This bus can accommodate up to 50 passengers. Similarly, accommodate can mean to provide someone with a place to stay, as in Unfortunately the hotel was not able to accommodate us—all the rooms were reserved. The related term accommodation is often used in this context, especially in relation to hotels rooms or other temporary lodging. In this case, it is often used in the plural, as in What are the accommodations like?Accommodation is also commonly used in a general way referring to the act of accommodating. This can be used in any of the senses of the word.Example: We’ve extended our hours to better accommodate our customers.
Related Words
Other Word Forms
- accommodable adjective
- accommodative adjective
- nonaccommodable adjective
- preaccommodate verb (used with object)
- reaccommodate verb
- unaccommodable adjective
- underaccommodated adjective
- well-accommodated adjective
Etymology
Origin of accommodate
First recorded in 1515–25; from Latin accommodātus “adjusted,” past participle of accommodāre “to adjust,” from ac- ac- + commod(us) “convenient, fitting, suitable” ( com-, mode )
Example Sentences
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If Talarico’s interview had aired on TV and his opponents requested time, CBS would have to accommodate them ahead of the Texas primary election on March 3.
From Los Angeles Times
Rutledge added that maintaining TV studios, crews and accommodating large audiences is becoming increasingly costly for producers, who are looking more to other types of digital and social platforms that are more attractive to advertisers.
From Los Angeles Times
Pahlavi has also criticized some of his more eager supporters, saying a democratic system is better equipped to accommodate political differences.
‘No one gets in trouble for accommodating,” an administrator at a top university told me.
The irony is that my life required absolutely no restructuring to accommodate this transformation.
From Salon
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