accommodate

verb

/əˈkɒməˌdeɪt/CA/əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/US/əˈkɔməˌdæɪt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodusnom. Latin commodum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin commodō Latin accommodō Latin accommodātusbor. English accommodate 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).

borrowed from accommodātus

Definitions

1
To render fit, suitable, or correspondent
To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
- to accommodate ourselves to circumstances
2
To cause to come to agreement
To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
- to accommodate differences
3
To provide housing for.
- to accommodate an old friend for a week
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1. 4
  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.
2. 5
  To contain comfortably
  To contain comfortably; to have space for.
  - This venue accommodates three hundred people.
3. 6
  To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
  - to accommodate a friend with a loan
4. To do a favor or service for
  To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
5. 8
  To show the correspondence of
  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
6. To give consideration to
  To give consideration to; to allow for.
7. To adapt oneself
  To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
8. To change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.
9. 12
  Suitable
  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.

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antonymdiscommodate

Derived

accommodatable, accommodatedness, accommodately, accommodateness, accommodation, accommodationism, accommodationist, accommodative, accommodator, accommodatory, disaccommodate, overaccommodate, reaccommodate, unaccommodated, underaccommodate

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A definitional loop anchored at accommodate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at accommodate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at accommodate

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