Definition of accommodate Accommodate

/ʌkɑˈmʌdejˌt/ - [ukamudeyt] - ac•com•mo•date

We found 26 definitions of accommodate from 6 different sources.

What does accommodate mean?

WordNet

Verb accommodates, accommodating, accommodated
accommodate - make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
		reconcile, conciliate
		harmonise, harmonize bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
accommodate - provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"
		cater, supply, ply, provide supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets
accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
		adapt
		vary, alter, change make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
		adjust adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
		gear, pitch set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
		fit insert or adjust several objects or people; "Can you fit the toy into the box?"; "This man can't fit himself into our work environment"
		anglicise, anglicize make English in appearance; "She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London"
		shoehorn fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited
		tailor, orient adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings"
		domesticate, tame make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
		domesticate, cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, tame make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
		christianize convert to Christianity; "missionaries have tried to Christianize native people all over the world"
		naturalise, naturalize make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"
		electrify, wire equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"
		transcribe convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA
accommodate - provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
		lodge
		domiciliate, house, put up provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
		lodge in, reside, occupy make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"
		barrack lodge in barracks
		keep maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
		billet, canton, quarter divide into cantons, of a country
accommodate - provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him"
		oblige
		disoblige ignore someone's wishes
		comply, abide by, follow act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"
accommodate - be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
		suit, fit
		conform to, fit, meet observe; "conform to the rules"

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Wiktionary

accommodate (Verb)
To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
accommodate (Verb)
To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
accommodate (Verb)
To provide housing for; to furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.
accommodate (Verb)
To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
accommodate (Verb)
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.
accommodate (Verb)
To give consideration to; to allow for.
accommodate (Verb)
To contain comfortably; to have space for.
accommodate (Verb)
To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
accommodate (Adjective)
Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. - John Tillotson .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

accommodate (v. t.)
To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
accommodate (v. t.)
To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
accommodate (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.
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.
accommodate (v. i.)
To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted.
accommodate (a.)
Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

accommodate
To change to reach a certain scope or condition.
accommodate
To have room for; to hold without crowding.
accommodate
To be agreeable or acceptable to.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

accommodate
ak-kom′mod-āt, v.t. to adapt: to make suitable: to adjust: to harmonise or force into consistency (to): to furnish or supply (with): to provide entertainment for.—p.adj. Accom′modating, affording accommodation: obliging: pliable: easily corrupted.—n. Accommodā′tion, convenience: fitness: adjustment: obligingness: an arrangement or compromise: (theol.) an adaptation or method of interpretation which explains the special form in which the revelation is presented as unessential to its contents, or rather as often adopted by way of compromise with human ignorance or weakness: a loan of money.—adj. Accom′modative, furnishing accommodation: obliging.—ns. Accom′modativeness; Accom′modator.—Accommodation bill, a bill drawn, accepted, or endorsed by one or more persons as security for a sum advanced to another by a third party, as a banker; Accommodation ladder, a stairway at the outside of a ship's gangway to facilitate access to boats. [L. ad, to, commodus, fitting. See Commodious.]