English Dictionary
Definition of “accommodate”
accommodate (əˈkɒməˌdeɪt
)
Definitions
verb
- (tr) to supply or provide, esp with lodging or board and lodging
- (tr) to oblige or do a favour for
- to adjust or become adjusted; adapt
- (tr) to bring into harmony; reconcile
- (tr) to allow room for; contain
- (tr) to lend money to, esp on a temporary basis until a formal loan has been arranged
Alternative Forms
acˈcommoˌdative adjective Word Origin
C16: from Latin accommodāre to make fit, from ad- to + commodus having the proper measure
Synonyms
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=
house,
put up,
take in,
lodge,
board,
quarter,
shelter,
entertain,
harbour,
cater for,
billet,
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adapt,
match,
fit,
fashion,
settle,
alter,
adjust,
modify,
compose,
comply,
accustom,
reconcile,
harmonize,
Translations
- British English:
accommodate
If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.The school was not big enough to accommodate all the children.əˈkɒməˌdeɪt VERB The school was not big enough to accommodate all the children.
- Spanish:
alojar
v
- French:
loger
vt
- German:
unterbringen
v
- Chinese: 容纳 v
- Arabic: يَسَعُ لِ v
- Portuguese: acomodar v
- Russian: давать пристанище v
- Croatian: smjestiti v
- Czech: ubytovat v ubytovávat
- Danish: tilpasse (sig) v
- Dutch: huisvesten v
- Finnish: majoittaa v
- Greek: στεγάζω v
- Italian: ospitare v
- Japanese: 宿を提供する v
- Korean: 숙박처를 제공하다 v
- Norwegian: huse v
- Polish: zakwaterować v zakwaterowywać
- Brazilian Portuguese: acomodar v
- European Spanish:
alojar
v
- Swedish: inhysa v
- Thai: จัดที่อยู่ให้ v
- Turkish: barındırmak v
- Vietnamese: cung cấp chỗ ở v
Usage examples
They're just glad not to have to accommodate four more pupils.
Gaskin, Catherine, The Ambassador's Women (1986)The only problem was that our boats were not big enough to accommodate the evening get togethers!
Yachting Boating World (2004)The drop-in program at the reference library can accommodate 27 people each session.
Globe and Mail (2003)EDINBURGH last night signalled a new willingness to help accommodate asylum seekers within the capital.
Glasgow Herald (2001)These are simply not enough to accommodate the real motions of Mars, Venus or Mercury.
North, John, The Fontana history of Astronomy and Cosmology (1994)
