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ac⋅com⋅mo⋅da⋅tor

  [uh-kom-uh-dey-ter]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that accommodates.
2. a domestic worker employed on a part-time basis or when needed.
Origin:
1620–30; accommodate + -or 2
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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