Accommodate with
to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige:
to accommodate a friend by helping him move to a new apartment.
to provide suitably; supply (usually followed by with):
the officials were accommodated with seats toward the front of the room.
to lend money to:
can you accommodate him, or are you short of cash?
to provide with a room and sometimes with food.
to furnish with , as food and lodgings.
to have or make room for:
will this elevator accommodate 10 people?
to make suitable or consistent; adapt:
to accommodate oneself to circ-mstances.
to bring into harmony or make adjustments or allowances for: to accommodate differences;
to accommodate your busy schedule.
to become adjusted or adapted.
to become reconciled; agree.
verb
(transitive) to supply or provide, esp with lodging or board and lodging
(transitive) to oblige or do a favour for
to adjust or become adjusted; adapt
(transitive) to bring into harmony; reconcile
(transitive) to allow room for; contain
(transitive) to lend money to, esp on a temporary basis until a formal loan has been arranged
v.
1530s, from latin accomodatus “suitable,” past participle of accomodare “make fit, adapt, fit one thing to another,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + commodare “make fit,” from commodus “fit” (see commode). related: accommodated; accommodating.
accommodate ac·com·mo·date (ə-kŏm’ə-dāt’)
v. ac·com·mo·dat·ed, ac·com·mo·dat·ing, ac·com·mo·dates
to become adjusted, as the eye to focusing on objects at a distance.
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