Meaning

(transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
2. (transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
3. (transitive) To provide housing for.
4. (transitive) To provide sufficient space for.
5. (transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
6. (transitive) To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
7. (transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
8. (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.

Example Sentences

to accommodate ourselves to circumstances

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.

to accommodate differences

to accommodate an old friend for a week

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.

This venue accommodates three hundred people.

to accommodate a friend with a loan

to accommodate prophecy to events

Word Forms

• accommodates
• accommodating
• accommodated
• more accommodate
• most accommodate

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When Should You Use Accommodate?

Use accommodate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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