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 Definitions of accommodate  [əˈkɒm əˌdeɪt]  

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Definition of 'accommodate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) accommodate
to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige.

2.  accommodate
to provide suitably; supply.

3.  accommodate
to lend money to.

4.  accommodate
to provide with a room or other accommodations.

5.  accommodate
to have or make room for:
This elevator accommodates 10 people.

6.  accommodate
to adjust or make suitable; adapt:
to accommodate oneself to circumstances.

7.  accommodate
to bring into harmony; reconcile:
to accommodate differences.

8. (v.i.) accommodate
to become adjusted, adapted, or reconciled.

Etymology:  (1515–25; < L accommodātus, ptp. of accommodāre to attach, make suitable)

Definition of 'accommodate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) suit, accommodate, fit
be agreeable or acceptable to
"This suits my needs"

2. (verb) adapt, accommodate
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
"Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"

3. (verb) accommodate
provide with something desired or needed
"Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"

4. (verb) accommodate, hold, admit
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"

5. (verb) lodge, accommodate
provide housing for
"We are lodging three foreign students this semester"

6. (verb) oblige, accommodate
provide a service or favor for someone
"We had to oblige him"

7. (verb) accommodate, reconcile, conciliate
make (one thing) compatible with (another)
"The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"


Definition of 'accommodate' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) accommodate
to provide space or a home for
The vacation home will accommodate up to 5 people.

2.  accommodate
to provide what is needed
We try to accommodate the needs of disabled; to accommodate a request


Definition of 'accommodate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) accommodate
suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end

2. (verb) accommodate
to render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances

3. (verb) accommodate
to bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc

4. (verb) accommodate
to furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings

5. (verb) accommodate
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

6. (verb) accommodate
to adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted


Translation of 'accommodate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to find or be a place for
The house could accommodate two families.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verblyf verskaf Arabic flag Arabic: يَأوِي، يُسْكِن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: настанявам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: alojar Czech flag Czech: ubytovat German flag German: aufnehmen
Danish flag Danish: huse; rumme; have plads t Greek flag Greek: στεγάζω Spanish flag Spanish: alojar
Estonian flag Estonian: majutama, mahutama Farsi flag Farsi: جا دادن Finnish flag Finnish: majoittua
French flag French: loger Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְאַכלֶס Hindi flag Hindi: समायोजित करना
Croatian flag Croatian: smjestiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: elszállásol Indonesian flag Indonesian: menampung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: rúma, koma fyrir Italian flag Italian: alloggiare, accogliere Japanese flag Japanese: 住いを提供する
Korean flag Korean: 수용하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (su)talpinti, apgyvendint Latvian flag Latvian: izvietot
Malay flag Malay: menempatkan Dutch flag Dutch: huisvesten Norwegian flag Norwegian: huse, romme
Polish flag Polish: pomieścić, dać dach nad g Persian flag Persian: جا دادن Pashto flag Pashto: جاي وركول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: alojar Romanian flag Romanian: a adăposti Russian flag Russian: размещать;вмещать
Slovak flag Slovak: ubytovať Slovenian flag Slovenian: nastaniti Serbian flag Serbian: smestiti
Swedish flag Swedish: inhysa Thai flag Thai: จัดที่อยู่ให้เหมาะสำหรับ Turkish flag Turkish: yer bulmak, barındırmak,
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 容納 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: давати комусь притулок; н Urdu flag Urdu: رہنے کی جگہ دینا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cung cấp chỗ ở cho ai Chinese flag Chinese: 容纳

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