accommodate — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.

   Usage

   • often
   • Reflexive
   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   adaptconformadjustarrangesuit

   Examples

   to accommodate ourselves to circumstances

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   IT is an old Obſervation, which has been made of Politicians who would rather ingratiate themſelves with their Sovereign, than promote his real Service, that they accommodate their Counſels to his Inclinations, and adviſe him to ſuch Actions only as his Heart is naturally ſet upon.

2. To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   reconcile

   Examples

   to accommodate differences

3. To provide housing for.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   quarter

   Examples

   to accommodate an old friend for a week

4. To provide sufficient space for.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

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   My next stop is Oxford, which has also grown with the addition of new platforms to accommodate the Chiltern Railways service to London via Bicester - although, short sightedly, the planned electrification from Paddington was canned.

5. To contain comfortably; to have space for.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   This venue accommodates three hundred people.

6. To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   to accommodate a friend with a loan

7. To do a favor or service for; to oblige.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   oblige

8. 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.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   to accommodate prophecy to events

9. To give consideration to; to allow for.

   Usage

   • Transitive

10. To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.

    Usage

    • Intransitive
    • Rare

11. Of an eye, to change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.

    Usage

    • Intransitive

Adjective

1. Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

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   God did not primarily intend to appoint this way of Worſhip, and to impoſe it upon them as that which was moſt proper and agreeable to him ; but that he condeſcended to it, as moſt accommodate to their preſent ſtate and inclination.

Verb

1. be agreeable or acceptable to

   Synonyms

   suitfit

   Broader terms

   fitconform tomeetsatisfyfillfulfillfulfil

   Examples

   This suits my needs

2. make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose

   Synonyms

   adapt

   Broader terms

   changealtermodify

   Examples

   Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country

3. provide with something desired or needed

   Broader terms

   providesupplyplycater

   Examples

   Can you accommodate me with a rental car?

4. have room for; hold without crowding

   Synonyms

   holdadmit

   Broader terms

   havehave gothold

   Examples

   This hotel can accommodate 250 guests

   The theater admits 300 people

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   The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people

5. provide housing for

   Synonyms

   lodge

   Broader terms

   houseput updomiciliate

   Examples

   We are lodging three foreign students this semester

6. provide a service or favor for someone

   Synonyms

   oblige

   Broader terms

   complyfollowabide by

   Examples

   We had to oblige him

7. make (one thing) compatible with (another)

   Synonyms

   reconcileconciliate

   Broader terms

   harmonizeharmonise

   Examples

   The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories