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- Dictionaryac·com·mo·date/əˈkäməˌdāt/
verb
- 1. (of physical space, especially a building) provide lodging or sufficient space for: "the cabins accommodate up to 6 people" Similar
- 2. fit in with the wishes or needs of: "any language must accommodate new concepts" Similar Opposite
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1. : to provide with something desired, needed, or suited. I needed money, and they accommodated me with a loan. 2. a. : to make room for. rebuilt the ship to accommodate the bigger containers. b. : to hold without crowding or inconvenience. a hotel that can accommodate about 100 people. 3. : to bring into agreement or concord : reconcile.
ACCOMMODATE definition: 1. to provide with a place to live or to be stored in: 2. to give what is needed to someone: 3…. Learn more.
verb. make (one thing) compatible with (another) “The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories” synonyms: conciliate, reconcile. see more. verb. make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
To accommodate someone is to do them a favor or meet their needs or wants in some way, as in You don’t have to accommodate everyone all the time—sometimes the answer should be no. To accommodate a request is to honor it—to do what has been asked, as in They were kind enough to accommodate my special requests.
ACCOMMODATE meaning: 1. to provide with a place to live or to be stored in: 2. to give what is needed to someone: 3…. Learn more.
If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them. The school was not big enough to accommodate all the children. American English : accommodate / əˈkɒmədeɪt /
Definition of accommodate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to have enough space somewhere for a number of things or people: We need more roads to accommodate the increase in traffic. accommodate verb [T] (HELP) to do what someone wants, often by providing them with something: He requires special equipment and, where possible, we've accommodated those needs. accommodate verb [T] (GIVE A HOME)
1. To adapt oneself; become adjusted: It is never easy to accommodate to social change. 2. Physiology To become adjusted, as the eye to focusing on objects at a distance. [Latin accommodāre, accommodāt-, to fit : ad-, ad- + commodus, suitable; see commodious .] ac·com′mo·da′tive adj. ac·com′mo·da′tor n.
accommodate. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ac‧com‧mo‧date /əˈkɒmədeɪt $ əˈkɑː-/ AWL verb 1 [ transitive] if a room, building etc can accommodate a particular number of people or things, it has enough space for them He bought a huge house to accommodate his library.
