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accommodate
v. host guests; provide lodging; adapt oneself; give, bestow


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Accommodation
Accommodation may refer to:Accommodation (religion), a theological principle linked to divine revelation within the Christian churchaccommodation (law), a term used in United States contract lawAccommodation Bill, a bill of exchangeAccommodation (eye), the sense in ophthalmologyAccommodation (physiology), process of changes in bodily function due to repeated exposure to drugs or toxinsAccommodation (in British usage) or accommodations (in American usage) is lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.Accommodation (psychology), the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences according to Jean Piaget (see also assimilation)Communication Accommodation Theory, the process by which people change their language behaviour to be more or less similar to that of the people with whom they are interacting.Accommodation is a linguistics term meaning grammatical acceptance of unstated values as in Accommodation of presuppositionsBiblical Accommodation is the adaptation of text from the Bible to signify ideas different from those originally expressed.Accommodations (education) are modifications made in the classroom to assist a child with a disability
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accommodate
Verb
1. be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
(synonym) suit, fit
(hypernym) meet, fit, conform to
(derivation) adjustment, accommodation, fitting
2. make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
(synonym) adapt
(hypernym) change, alter, vary
(hyponym) adjust
(derivation) adjustment, accommodation, fitting
3. provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"
(hypernym) provide, supply, ply, cater
(derivation) accommodation
4. have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
(synonym) hold, admit
(hyponym) sleep
(verb-group) contain, take, hold
5. provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
(synonym) lodge
(hypernym) house, put up, domiciliate
(hyponym) barrack
(derivation) accommodation
6. provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him"
(synonym) oblige
(hypernym) comply, follow, abide by
(derivation) accommodation
7. make compatible with; "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
(synonym) reconcile, conciliate
(hypernym) harmonize, harmonise
(derivation) adjustment, accommodation, fitting


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Accommodate
(v. t.)
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.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.
  
 
(v. t.)
To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
  
 
(v. t.)
To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.
  
 
(v. t.)
To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
  
 
(v. i.)
To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted.
  
 
(a.)
Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
  

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accommodate
ADV
fittingly| in a suitable manner

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