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overaccommodate

overaccommodate verb: to be too accommodating towards.

Verb

overaccommodate (third-person singular simple present overaccommodates, present participle overaccommodating, simple past and past participle overaccommodated)

  1. (transitive) To be too accommodating towards.
    • Finally, the accommodating new governor needs to make certain he does not overaccommodate Albany’s leaders.2008 March 17, “Governor Paterson’s Tests”, in New York Times
  2. To adjust the focus of the eye so that the image resolves at a point behind the retina.

Forms of overaccommodate

third-person singular presentoveraccommodates
present participleoveraccommodating
past participleoveraccommodated
pastoveraccommodated
alternative formover-accommodate

Origin of overaccommodate

From over- + accommodate.

Questions about overaccommodate

What does overaccommodate mean?
Overaccommodate means to be too accommodating towards.
What part of speech is overaccommodate?
Overaccommodate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overaccommodate?
The past tense of overaccommodate is overaccommodated.

Words near overaccommodate in the dictionary

  1. overaccessorising
  2. overaccessorize
  3. overaccessorized
  4. overaccessorizes
  5. overaccessorizing
  6. overaccommodate
  7. overaccommodated
  8. overaccommodates
  9. overaccommodating
  10. overaccommodation
  11. overaccommodative

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