accommodate

ac·com·mo·date

verb \ə-ˈkä-mə-ˌdāt\

ac·com·mo·dat·edac·com·mo·dat·ing

Definition of ACCOMMODATE

transitive verb

1

: to make fit, suitable, or congruous

2

: to bring into agreement or concord : reconcile

3

: to provide with something desired, needed, or suited

4

a : to make room for

b : to hold without crowding or inconvenience

5

: to give consideration to : allow for <accommodate the special interests of various groups>

intransitive verb

: to adapt oneself; also : to undergo visual accommodation

— ac·com·mo·da·tive \-ˌdā-tiv\ adjective

— ac·com·mo·da·tive·ness noun

— ac·com·mo·da·tor \-ˌdā-tər\ noun

Examples of ACCOMMODATE

1. Over 600 people can be accommodated on the cruise ship.
2. The ceilings were too low to accommodate his terrific height.
3. They were kind enough to accommodate me with a ride to the train station.
4. I asked them for additional money, and they accommodated me with a loan.
5. He would often change his schedule to accommodate his clients.
6. New facilities are being added to accommodate the special needs of elderly residents.
7. Smart investors quickly accommodated to the new market conditions.
8. Although Lost World was the hottest movie around, we saw it in a chamber of almost laughable minuteness, barely large enough to accommodate nine rows of seats, which were grudgingly padded … —Bill Bryson, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, 1999
9. … a farmhouse that has been redone to accommodate both good English antiques and luxe 20th-century comforts without sacrificing any of its rough-hewn charm. —Francine Prose, Travel & Leisure, December 1994
10. The young-adult horror authors tend to be too busy accommodating MTV attention spans to create vivid personalities … —Ken Tucker, New York Times Book Review, 14 Nov. 1993
11. … political authority depended on tribal leadership, and the scholars had to accommodate themselves to it. —Ernest Gellner, Culture, Identity, and Politics, 1987

Origin of ACCOMMODATE

Latin accommodatus, past participle of accommodare, from ad- + commodare to make fit, from commodus suitable — more at commode

First Known Use: 1550

Related to ACCOMMODATE

Synonyms

fit, hold, take

Antonyms

disharmonize

Related Words

carry, contain, seat; enclose (also inclose), encompass, enfold; harbor, house

Near Antonyms

confuse, disarray, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, skew, upset; alienate, estrange

See Synonym Discussion at adapt, contain

Rhymes with ACCOMMODATE

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ac·com·mo·date

intransitive verb \ə-ˈkäm-ə-ˌdāt\   (Medical Dictionary)

ac·com·mo·dat·edac·com·mo·dat·ing

Medical Definition of ACCOMMODATE

: to adapt oneself; also : to undergo visual accommodation

—ac·com·mo·da·tive \-ˌdāt-iv\ adjective