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accommodate

UK/əˈkɒməˌdeɪt//əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/

accommodate verb: to render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.

Verb

accommodate (third-person singular simple present accommodates, present participle accommodating, simple past and past participle accommodated)

  1. (often, reflexive, transitive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
    • 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.1712 June 28 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, June 18, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 475; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New...
  2. (transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
    • to accommodate differences
    Synonyms:
    reconcile
  3. (transitive) To provide housing for.
    • to accommodate an old friend for a week
    Synonyms:
    quarter
  4. (transitive) To provide sufficient space for.
    • 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.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, pages 67–68
  5. (transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
    • This venue accommodates three hundred people.
  6. (transitive) To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
    • to accommodate a friend with a loan
  7. (transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
    Synonyms:
    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.
    • to accommodate prophecy to events
  9. (transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
  10. (intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
  11. (intransitive) Of an eye, to change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.

Adjective

accommodate (comparative more accommodate, superlative most accommodate)

  1. (obsolete) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
    • 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.a. 1671, John Tillotson, Sermons Preach’d Upon Several Occaſions, London: A.M., page 181

accommodate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

accommodate in Tamil

பொருந்தச் செய், தகுதியான படி எற்பாடு செய், இடவசதி அளி, இடம் அளி, இடம் கொடு, இடம் தா

accommodate in Urdu

ہم آہنگ ہونا, حمایت کرنا, موافق ہونا

accommodate in Bengali

মিটমাট করা, সমন্বয়বিধান করা, মানিয়া লত্তয়া, রক্ষা করা, নিবাসিত করা, অভ্যস্ত করান

accommodate in Malayalam

അനുരൂപമാക്കുക, പാർപ്പിക്കുക, സ്ഥലസൗകര്യം നൽകുക, ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുക
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accommodate in Kannada
ತೆರಪುಗೊಡು, ಎಡೆಗೊಡು, ಸ್ಥಳಮಾಡಿಕೊಡು, ತಂಗಲು ಜಾಗಕೊಡು

Examples of accommodate in a sentence

  • Our new apartment is roomy enough to accommodate all our furniture.
  • Their factory in Ohio has purpose-built epoxy-curing ovens that accommodate even the largest models.
  • Such a ship was too big to traverse the C&D, whose locks could not accommodate it.

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Synonyms of accommodate

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of accommodate

Forms of accommodate

Verb
third-person singular presentaccommodates
present participleaccommodating
past participleaccommodated
pastaccommodated
alternative formaccomodate
Adjective
comparativemore accommodate
superlativemost accommodate

Past tense of accommodate: accommodated

Origin of accommodate

First use appears c. the 1530s, borrowed from Latin accommodātus, perfect passive participle of accommodō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + commodō (“to provide, lend; to make fit, accommodate”), from con- + modus (“measure, proportion, limit”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix) (see English mode).

Words formed from accommodate

Questions about accommodate

What does accommodate mean?
Accommodate means to render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
What is accommodate in Tamil?
Accommodate in Tamil is பொருந்தச் செய், தகுதியான படி எற்பாடு செய், இடவசதி அளி. See Accommodate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is accommodate?
Accommodate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce accommodate?
Accommodate is pronounced /əˈkɒməˌdeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of accommodate?
The past tense of accommodate is accommodated.

Words near accommodate in the dictionary

  1. accommodability
  2. accommodable
  3. accommodableness
  4. accommodat
  5. accommodatable
  6. accommodate
  7. accommodated
  8. accommodatedness
  9. accommodately
  10. accommodateness
  11. accommodates

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: accommodate (page history and authors); accommodate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accommodate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accommodate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accommodate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accommodate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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