accommodate

verb

ac·com·mo·date | \ ə-ˈkä-mə-ˌdāt

accommodated; accommodating

Definition of accommodate

transitive verb

1 : to provide with something desired, needed, or suited I needed money, and they accommodated me with a loan.

2a : to make room for rebuilt the ship to accommodate the bigger containers

b : to hold without crowding or inconvenience a hotel that can accommodate about 100 people

3 : to bring into agreement or concord : reconcile Investors quickly accommodated themselves to the new market conditions.

4 : to give consideration to : to allow for trying to accommodate the special interests of various groups

5 : to make fit, suitable, or congruous

intransitive verb

: to adapt oneself also : to undergo visual accommodation

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Other Words from accommodate

accommodative \ -ˌdā-tiv

\ adjective

accommodativeness noun

accommodator \ -ˌdā-tər

\ noun

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adapt, adjust, accommodate, conform, reconcile mean to bring one thing into correspondence with another. adapt implies a modification according to changing circumstances. adapted themselves to the warmer climate adjust suggests bringing into a close and exact correspondence or harmony such as exists between parts of a mechanism. adjusted the budget to allow for inflation accommodate may suggest yielding or compromising to effect a correspondence. accommodated his political beliefs in order to win conform applies to bringing into accordance with a pattern, example, or principle. refused to conform to society's values reconcile implies the demonstration of the underlying compatibility of things that seem to be incompatible. tried to reconcile what he said with what I knew

contain, hold, accommodate mean to have or be capable of having within. contain implies the actual presence of a specified substance or quantity within something. the can contains a quart of oil hold implies the capacity of containing or the usual or permanent function of containing or keeping. the bookcase will hold all my textbooks accommodate stresses holding without crowding or inconvenience. the hall can accommodate 500 people

Examples of accommodate in a Sentence

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 … 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 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 … political authority depended on tribal leadership, and the scholars had to accommodate themselves to it. — Ernest Gellner, Culture, Identity, and Politics, 1987 Over 600 people can be accommodated on the cruise ship. The ceilings were too low to accommodate his terrific height. They were kind enough to accommodate me with a ride to the train station. I asked them for additional money, and they accommodated me with a loan. He would often change his schedule to accommodate his clients. New facilities are being added to accommodate the special needs of elderly residents. Smart investors quickly accommodated to the new market conditions.

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But there was not enough room to accommodate all those present, so Lawson and several other female reporters were asked to sit behind Neville. — Tariq Panja, New York Times, "World Cup Reporters Find Huge Audiences and Familiar Challenges," 4 July 2019 The plan will expand the size of Keystone’s girls’ and boys’ infields to accommodate Little League’s dimension play, and would keep natural grass in the outfield, officials said. — Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, "Park board approves synthetic turf plan for Keystone Park infields," 2 July 2019 When GameSpot's interviewer asked if ISPs can really be relied upon to raise data caps to accommodate game streaming, Harrison didn't change his position. — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, "Google Stadia exec isn’t worried about data caps—but he probably should be," 1 July 2019 The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the city hosts an initiative called Alzheimer’s Cafe as part of a movement to accommodate the growing number of patients with forms of dementia. — USA TODAY, "Moon rocks, Misty of Chincoteague, Haiku Stairs: News from around our 50 states," 28 June 2019 Possibly because the state lacks a robust public pre-K program, there aren't enough high-quality providers to accommodate all Hoosier 4-year-olds. — Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star, "Why a seemingly chaotic pre-K class may be the best kind," 28 June 2019 Rite Aid stores have the space to accommodate Amazon deliveries that some of its other delivery partners might not have. — Sebastian Herrera, WSJ, "Amazon Adds Rite Aid Locations to Package Delivery Network," 27 June 2019 These type of events inevitably require Secret Service detail and heavy use of the property and food services to accommodate and feed personnel. — NBC News, "Trump hotel in Washington charged Secret Service $200,000 in president's first year," 27 June 2019 During a public hearing on amending the zoning of the property to accommodate the project, residents worried about increasing traffic on Route 3. — Kathleen Mcwilliams, courant.com, "Developer propose 144 new apartments, commercial building on Middletown’s Newfield Street," 27 June 2019

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History and Etymology for accommodate

borrowed from Latin accommodātus, past participle of accommodāre "to fit on, apply, make agree, make suitable, adapt," from ad- ad- + commodāre "to lend, hire, put at the disposal (of), provide," derivative of commodus "convenient, suitable" — more at commode

Note: In part a latinization of Middle French accommoder; John Palsgrave (Lʼéclaircissement de la langue française, 1530) renders accommodate with accommoder.

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accommodate

verb

English Language Learners Definition of accommodate

: to provide room for (someone) : to provide a place to stay and sleep for (someone)

: to have room for (someone or something)

somewhat formal : to do something helpful for (someone) : to provide what is needed or wanted for (someone or something)

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accommodate

verb

ac·com·mo·date | \ ə-ˈkä-mə-ˌdāt

accommodated; accommodating

Kids Definition of accommodate

1 : to provide with a place to stay or sleep accommodate guests

2 : to provide with something needed : help out My teacher will change her schedule to accommodate her students.

3 : to have room for The bus accommodates 40 people.

accommodate

intransitive verb

ac·com·mo·date | \ ə-ˈkäm-ə-ˌdāt

accommodated; accommodating

Medical Definition of accommodate

: to adapt oneself also : to undergo visual accommodation

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accommodate

transitive verb

ac·com·mo·date | \ ə-ˈkä-mə-ˌdāt

accommodated; accommodating

Legal Definition of accommodate

1 : to make a change or provision for accommodate a disability — see also reasonable accommodation

2 : to accept without compensation responsibility for a debt of (another person) in the event of nonpayment as a way of reassuring a reluctant creditor — see also accommodation paper at paper, accommodation party at party sense 1a

Note: To accommodate a debtor effectively, the party must sign the debt instrument, adding words describing limitations or conditions to the accommodation, if any.