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ACCOMMODATIVE

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ac⋅com⋅mo⋅da⋅tive

  [uh-kom-uh-dey-tiv]
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–adjective
tending to accommodate; adaptive.
Origin:
1835–45; accommodate + -ive

Related forms:
ac⋅com⋅mo⋅da⋅tive⋅ness, noun
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ac·com·mo·date   (ə-kŏm'ə-dāt')   
v.   ac·com·mo·dat·ed, ac·com·mo·dat·ing, ac·com·mo·dates

v.   tr.

  1. To do a favor or service for; oblige. See Synonyms at oblige.

  2. To provide for; supply with.

  3. To hold comfortably without crowding. See Synonyms at contain.

  4. To make suitable; adapt. See Synonyms at adapt.

  5. To allow for; consider: an economic proposal that accommodates the interests of senior citizens.

  6. To settle; reconcile.

v.   intr.

  1. To adapt oneself; become adjusted: It is never easy to accommodate to social change.

  2. Physiology To become adjusted, as the eye to focusing on objects at a distance.


[Latin accomodāre, accomodāt-, to fit : ad-, ad- + commodus, suitable; see commodious.]
ac·com'mo·da'tive adj., ac·com'mo·da'tive·ness n., ac·com'mo·da'tor n.
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accommodative ac·com·mo·da·tive (ə-kŏm'ə-dā'tĭv)
adj.
Of or relating to accommodation.

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