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Accommodating

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ac⋅com⋅mo⋅dat⋅ing

  [uh-kom-uh-dey-ting]
Use Accommodating in a Sentence
–adjective
easy to deal with; eager to help or please; obliging.
Origin:
1610–20; accommodate + -ing 2

Related forms:
ac⋅com⋅mo⋅dat⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

ac⋅com⋅mo⋅date

  [uh-kom-uh-deyt] verb, -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige; to accommodate a friend.
2. to provide suitably; supply (usually fol. by with): to accommodate a friend with money.
3. to lend money to: Can you accommodate him?
4. to provide with a room and sometimes with food.
5. to furnish with accommodations.
6. to have or make room for: Will this elevator accommodate 10 people?
7. to make suitable or consistent; adapt: to accommodate oneself to circumstances.
8. to bring into harmony; adjust; reconcile: to accommodate differences.
–verb (used without object)
9. to become adjusted or adapted.
10. to become reconciled; agree.
Origin:
1515–25; < L accommodātus adjusted (ptp. of accommodāre), equiv. to ac- ac- + commod(us) fitting, suitable (com- com- + modus measure, manner) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ac⋅com⋅mo⋅da⋅ble,  [uh-kom-uh-duh-buhl] , adjective

Synonyms:
1. serve, aid, assist, help, abet. See oblige. 6. See contain. 7. fit, suit. 8. compose, harmonize.

Antonyms:
1. inconvenience.
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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.
ac·com·mo·dat·ing   (ə-kŏm'ə-dā'tĭng)   
adj.  Helpful and obliging.
ac·com'mo·dat'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

accommodate 
1531, from L. accomodatus "suitable," pp. of accomodare "fit one thing to another," from ad- "to" + commodare "make fit," from commodus "fit" (see commode). Accommodation "lodgings and entertainment" first recorded 1604.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ac·com·mo·date
Pronunciation: &-'kä-m&-"dAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -dat·ed; -dat·ing
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 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. —ac·com·mo·da·tion /&-"kä-m&-'dA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ac·com·mo·date
Pronunciation: &-'käm-&-"dAt
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -dat·ed;-dat·ing
: to adapt oneself; also : to undergo visual accommodation —ac·com·mo·da·tive /-"dAt-iv/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

accommodate ac·com·mo·date (ə-kŏm'ə-dāt')
v. ac·com·mo·dat·ed, ac·com·mo·dat·ing, ac·com·mo·dates
To become adjusted, as the eye to focusing on objects at a distance.

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