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over-accommodates

over-accommodates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of over-accommodate.

Meaning of over-accommodate

Verb

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

  1. To be too accommodating.
    • I would much rather put it in the way in which we put it in our memorandum, which deals with, first of all, ascertaining what a person's housing needs are, finding a house which will accommodate him and his family — not over-accommodate or under-accommodate them — and finding one which is at a rent...1970, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Papers by Command - Volume 24, page 267
  2. To misadjust the focal point of the eye.
    • This can be done by subtracting one-half the depth of focus from the stimulus to accommodation when the subject over-accommodated and by adding one-half the depth when he under-accommodated.1942, Ohio State University, Abstracts of Doctors' Dissertations - Volume 40, page 143

Questions about over-accommodates

What is over-accommodates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Over-accommodates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of over-accommodate.

Words near over-accommodates in the dictionary

  1. over well
  2. over with
  3. over-
  4. over-accommodate
  5. over-accommodated
  6. over-accommodates
  7. over-accommodating
  8. over-accommodation
  9. over-achiever
  10. over-achievers
  11. over-age

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