accommodate
Use Accommodate in a sentence
əˌdeɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige; to accommodate a friend.
2.
to provide suitably; supply (usually followed 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.
verb (used without object)
9.
to become adjusted or adapted.
10.
to become reconciled; agree.
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Origin:
1515–25; < Latin accommodātus adjusted (past participle of accommodāre), equivalent to ac- ac- + commod(us) fitting, suitable (com- com- + modus measure, manner) + -ātus -ate1
1515–25; < Latin accommodātus adjusted (past participle of accommodāre), equivalent to ac- ac- + commod(us) fitting, suitable (com- com- + modus measure, manner) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
non·ac·com·mo·da·ble, adjective
non·ac·com·mo·da·b·ly, adverb
pre·ac·com·mo·date, verb (used with object), pre·ac·com·mo·dat·ed, pre·ac·com·mo·dat·ing.
re·ac·com·mo·date, verb, re·ac·com·mo·dat·ed, re·ac·com·mo·dat·ing.
Synonyms
1. serve, aid, assist, help, abet. See oblige. 6. See contain. 7. fit, suit. 8. compose, harmonize.
1. serve, aid, assist, help, abet. See oblige. 6. See contain. 7. fit, suit. 8. compose, harmonize.
Antonyms
1. inconvenience.
1. inconvenience.
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accommodate (əˈkɒməˌdeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to supply or provide, esp with lodging or board and lodging |
| 2. | (tr) to oblige or do a favour for |
| 3. | to adjust or become adjusted; adapt |
| 4. | (tr) to bring into harmony; reconcile |
| 5. | (tr) to allow room for; contain |
| 6. | (tr) to lend money to, esp on a temporary basis until a formal loan has been arranged |
| [C16: from Latin accommodāre to make fit, from ad- to + commodus having the proper measure] | |
| ac'commodative | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
accommodate
1530s, from L. accomodatus "suitable," pp. of accomodare "make fit, adapt, fit one thing to another," from ad- "to" + commodare "make fit," from commodus "fit" (see commode). For accommodations "lodgings and entertainment," see accommodation. Pp. adj. accommodating "obliging" is attested from 1775.
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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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Example sentences
To accommodate this migrant, the bones of the flatfish head twist and turn to make room.
Mammalian evolution could not proceed further, because there wasn't enough room in the skull to accommodate more brain tissue.
Nowadays, a typical hotel room can accommodate a maximum of four to five people.
To accommodate this trend, unions are leaving room in collective agreements for company-level pacts.
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