accommodating

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accommodating
adj. helping; pleasant, easygoing; polite; flexible
 
accommodate
v. host guests; provide lodging; adapt oneself; give, bestow


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accommodating
Adjective
1. helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating"
(synonym) accommodative
(antonym) unaccommodating, unobliging
(similar) complaisant, obliging
(see-also) good-natured
2. obliging; willing to do favors; "made a special effort to be accommodating"
(similar) helpful

 
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
Accommodating
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accommodate
  
 
(a.)
Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About

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accommodating
adj.
آشتي پذير , با مروت , مصلحت آميز , مرنجان مرنج , موم کي ناک , نرم طبييت , مان جانے والا

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accommodating
Synonyms and related words:
accessible, accommodative, acquiescent, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, affable, agreeable, amenable, amiable, attentive, benevolent, benign, benignant, bribable, civil, complaisant, compliant, conciliatory, considerate, cooperative, corruptible, courteous, decent, deferential, delicate, fair, friendly, generous, graceful, gracious, heedful, helpful, hospitable, humble, indulgent, kind, kindly, lenient, meek, mindful, mindful of others, obedient, obliging, overindulgent, overpermissive, passive, permissive, pliable, pliant, polite, reconciled, regardful, resigned, respectful, solicitous, submissive, tactful, thoughtful, tolerant, uncomplaining, unresisting, urbane, yielding,
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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