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/əkˈɑmədˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Accommodate v. t. (past & past part. accommodated; pres. part. accommodating)

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances. "They accommodate their counsels to his inclination."

To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.

To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.

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.

Synonyms: To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange.

Accommodate v. i. To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. (R.)

adjective

Accommodate adj. Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. (Archaic)

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Etymology of 'Accommodate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Accommodate" Quotes from Famous Books

... Asters do not readily accommodate themselves to violent alternations of heat and cold, particularly in the early stage of growth, and therefore the most sheltered position in the garden should be chosen for them; but avoid a hedge or shrubbery, where strong ...

— The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots, 16th Edition • Sutton and Sons

... name, isn't it?" he asked diffidently. "I was only wondering if our cheque-forms would accommodate it all." ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 3rd, 1920 • Various

... American addressed as Charley, "is it a fair stand up fight that you want, or an exchange of shots? Our countryman will accommodate you with either, I have ...

— The Gold Hunter's Adventures - Or, Life in Australia • William H. Thomes

... running the full length of each side of the cabin, not only served as receptacles for hunting and fishing outfits, canned provisions, flags, and clothing, but could easily be made into beds that would accommodate four boys. Nothing had been omitted that could in any way add to the comfort of her master and crew, and her speed, under the four sails she usually carried, was all that could be desired. She had ...

— Marcy The Blockade Runner • Harry Castlemon

... might easily come to pass that the present debating-chamber would supply ample sitting room to all its members on every ordinary occasion, although it is hardly possible to understand how, on a night of great debate, with a momentous division impending, the present chamber could be expected to accommodate the full number of members entitled to claim seats there. At all events, it is hardly possible to imagine any condition of things arising which could call for any alteration in the construction of the representative chamber ...

— A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV (of 4) • Justin McCarthy and Justin Huntly McCarthy

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