ACCOMMODATE in English dictionary

  • accommodate

    Meanings and definitions of "ACCOMMODATE"

    • (transitive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
    • (transitive) To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
    • (transitive) To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.
    • (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.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.
    • (intransitive) (rare) To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. - Boyle
    • (archaic) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. - John Tillotson
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
    • verb
      (transitive, often reflexive)
      To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To provide housing for; to furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To do a favor or service for; to oblige;
    • verb
      (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.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To give consideration to; to allow for.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To contain comfortably; to have space for.
    • verb
      (intransitive, rare)
      To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
    • to render fit or suitable
    • to furnish with something desired
    • to adapt to fit
    • to adapt one's self
    • To change to reach a certain scope or condition.
    • To have room for; to hold without crowding.
    • To be agreeable or acceptable to.
    • verb
      be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
    • 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"
    • verb
      make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
    • verb
      make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
    • verb
      provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him"
    • verb
      provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
    • verb
      provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"

    Synonyms of "ACCOMMODATE" in English dictionary

    hold, provide, ply are the top synonyms of "ACCOMMODATE" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "ACCOMMODATE" in English dictionary

    disoblige is the antonym of "ACCOMMODATE" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of ACCOMMODATE

    • accommodate ( third-person singular simple present accommodates, present participle accommodating, simple past and past participle accommodated)
    • accommodate (comparative more accommodate, superlative most accommodate)
    • accommodate (third-person singular simple present accommodates, present participle accommodating, simple past and past participle accommodated)
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