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
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