accommodating
Americanadjective
adjective
Usage
What does accommodating mean? The adjective accommodating means eager or willing to help or please.It comes from the continuous tense (-ing form) of the verb accommodate, which means to do someone 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.Example: We can’t thank you enough—you’ve been so accommodating and have made us feel so welcome.
Other Word Forms
- accommodatingly adverb
- nonaccommodating adjective
- nonaccommodatingly adverb
- nonaccommodatingness noun
- preaccommodatingly adverb
- superaccommodating adjective
- unaccommodating adjective
- unaccommodatingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of accommodating
First recorded in 1610–20; accommodat(e) + -ing 2
Example Sentences
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He served as an ambassador for the game, accommodating and patient with the media.
The center’s open, flexible design, she added, will allow programs to evolve over time — inside and out — with the goal of accommodating markets, religious services, yoga classes and other types of support.
From Los Angeles Times
She described him as "kind, accommodating, informative and entertaining".
From BBC
“We accept what is offered. We compete with each other to be the most accommodating. This is not sovereignty. It is the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination.”
After his roadside epiphany, Mr. Nicolson “slowly developed a double thought: not only to learn something of birds but to make a place,” as he puts it, “that might be accommodating and receptive to them.”
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