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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3404 COCA: 3717

accommodate

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
accommodate ˈkɑːməˌdeɪt/ verb
accommodates; accommodated; accommodating
accommodate
ˈkɑːməˌdeɪt/
verb
accommodates; accommodated; accommodating
Learner's definition of ACCOMMODATE
[+ object]
: to provide room for (someone) : to provide a place to stay and sleep for (someone)向…提供住宿;为…提供空间
: to have room for (someone or something)容纳
[+ object] somewhat formal : to do something helpful for (someone)帮助(某人);向…施以援手
: to provide what is needed or wanted for (someone or something)迎合…需求
: to get used to or become comfortable with something : to adapt or adjust to something适应,顺应
[no object]
[+ object]
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3404 COCA: 3717

accommodate

verb

ac·​com·​mo·​date ə-ˈkä-mə-ˌdāt How to pronounce accommodate (audio)
accommodated; accommodating

transitive verb

1
: to provide with something desired, needed, or suited
I needed money, and they accommodated me with a loan.
2
a
: to make room for
rebuilt the ship to accommodate the bigger containers
b
: to hold without crowding or inconvenience
a hotel that can accommodate about 100 people
3
: to bring into agreement or concord : reconcile
Investors quickly accommodated themselves to the new market conditions.
4
: to give consideration to : to allow for
trying to accommodate the special interests of various groups
5
: to make fit, suitable, or congruous

intransitive verb

: to adapt oneself
also : to undergo visual accommodation
accommodative adjective
accommodativeness noun
accommodator noun

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Common Misspellings

accomadate, accomdate, accomidate, accomodate

Synonyms

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adapt, adjust, accommodate, conform, reconcile mean to bring one thing into correspondence with another.

adapt implies a modification according to changing circumstances.

adapted themselves to the warmer climate

adjust suggests bringing into a close and exact correspondence or harmony such as exists between parts of a mechanism.

adjusted the budget to allow for inflation

accommodate may suggest yielding or compromising to effect a correspondence.

businesses accommodating themselves to the new political reality

conform applies to bringing into accordance with a pattern, example, or principle.

refused to conform to society's values

reconcile implies the demonstration of the underlying compatibility of things that seem to be incompatible.

tried to reconcile what he said with what I knew

contain, hold, accommodate mean to have or be capable of having within.

contain implies the actual presence of a specified substance or quantity within something.

the can contains a quart of oil

hold implies the capacity of containing or the usual or permanent function of containing or keeping.

the bookcase will hold all my textbooks

accommodate stresses holding without crowding or inconvenience.

the hall can accommodate 500 people

Example Sentences

Although Lost World was the hottest movie around, we saw it in a chamber of almost laughable minuteness, barely large enough to accommodate nine rows of seats, which were grudgingly padded … Bill Bryson, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, 1999 … a farmhouse that has been redone to accommodate both good English antiques and luxe 20th-century comforts without sacrificing any of its rough-hewn charm. Francine Prose, Travel & Leisure, December 1994 The young-adult horror authors tend to be too busy accommodating MTV attention spans to create vivid personalities … Ken Tucker, New York Times Book Review, 14 Nov. 1993 … political authority depended on tribal leadership, and the scholars had to accommodate themselves to it. Ernest Gellner, Culture, Identity, and Politics, 1987 Over 600 people can be accommodated on the cruise ship. The ceilings were too low to accommodate his terrific height. They were kind enough to accommodate me with a ride to the train station. I asked them for additional money, and they accommodated me with a loan. He would often change his schedule to accommodate his clients. New facilities are being added to accommodate the special needs of elderly residents. Smart investors quickly accommodated to the new market conditions. See More
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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin accommodātus, past participle of accommodāre "to fit on, apply, make agree, make suitable, adapt," from ad- ad- + commodāre "to lend, hire, put at the disposal (of), provide," derivative of commodus "convenient, suitable" — more at commode

Note: In part a latinization of Middle French accommoder; John Palsgrave (Lʼéclaircissement de la langue française, 1530) renders accommodate with accommoder.

First Known Use

1538, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 5

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The first known use of accommodate was in 1538
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3404 COCA: 3717
accommodate

verb

ADVERB | VERB + ACCOMMODATE ADVERBcomfortably, easily, readily寬綽地/輕鬆地/輕易地容納It was a large hall, where a lot of people could be comfortably accommodated.那個廳很大,可以容納很多人而不擁擠。VERB + ACCOMMODATEbe able to, can能夠容納The garage can accommodate three cars.這個車庫可以停放 3 輛轎車。

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