ACCOMMODATE
adapt, accommodate
(verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; “Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country”
accommodate, reconcile, conciliate
(verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another); “The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories”
oblige, accommodate
(verb) provide a service or favor for someone; “We had to oblige him”
accommodate
(verb) provide with something desired or needed; “Can you accommodate me with a rental car?”
lodge, accommodate
(verb) provide housing for; “We are lodging three foreign students this semester”
suit, accommodate, fit
(verb) be agreeable or acceptable to; “This suits my needs”
accommodate, hold, admit
(verb) have room for; hold without crowding; “This hotel can accommodate 250 guests”; “The theater admits 300 people”; “The auditorium can’t hold more than 500 people”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
accommodate (third-person singular simple present accommodates, present participle accommodating, simple past and past participle accommodated)
(transitive, often, reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
Synonyms: adapt, conform, adjust, arrange, suit
(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
Synonym: reconcile
(transitive) To provide housing for.
(transitive) To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
(transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
Synonym: oblige
(transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
(transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
(transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
(intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
Antonyms
• discommodate (obsolete)
Adjective
accommodate (comparative more accommodate, superlative most accommodate)
(obsolete) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*com"mo*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accommodated; p. pr. & vb. n. Accommodating.] Etym: [L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare; ad + commodare to make fit, help; con- + modus measure, proportion. See Mode.]
1. To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances. "They accomodate their counsels to his inclination." Addison.
2. To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
3. To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.
4. To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.
Syn.
– To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange.
Ac*com"mo*date, v. i.
Definition: To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. [R.] Boyle.
Ac*com"mo*date, a. Etym: [L. accommodatus, p.p. of accommodare.]
Definition: Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. [Archaic] Tillotson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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