Meaning

11 senses
  1. (often, reflexive, transitive)To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.

    to accommodate ourselves to circumstances

    machen, endigen

    приспоса́бливатьprisposáblivatʹ, приспосо́битьprisposóbitʹ, подгоня́тьpodgonjátʹ

  2. (transitive)To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

    to accommodate differences

    in Übereinstimmung bringen, anpassen

  3. (transitive)To provide housing for.

    to accommodate an old friend for a week

    unterbringen, beherbergen, einquartieren

    размеща́тьrazmeščátʹ, размести́тьrazmestítʹ

    provide housing for

  4. (transitive)To provide sufficient space for.

    provide a service or favor for someone

  5. (transitive)To contain comfortably; to have space for.

    This venue accommodates three hundred people.

  6. (transitive)To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.

    to accommodate a friend with a loan

    einrichten

    provide with something desired or needed

  7. (transitive)To do a favor or service for; to oblige.

  8. (transitive)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

    anpassen

    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose

  9. (transitive)To give consideration to; to allow for.

  10. (intransitive, rare)To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.

    anpassen

    приспоса́бливатьсяprisposáblivatʹsja, приспосо́битьсяprisposóbitʹsja

  11. (intransitive)Of an eye, to change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.

Examples

62 sentences
  1. We can accommodate him for the night.

    Ми можемо розмістити його на ніч.

    ruМы можем поселить его на ночь.

    deWir können ihm die Nacht über Unterkunft gewähren.

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  2. The house could accommodate two families.

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  3. We'd be happy to accommodate you.

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  4. Let's see if we can accommodate you.

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  5. We can accommodate you.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to render fit or suitable:
to provide housing for:
rare: to adapt oneself:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to render fit or suitable:
to cause to come into agreement:
to provide housing for:
to provide with something desired:

Origin

First use appears c. the 1530s, borrowed from Latin accommodātus, perfect passive particip

First use appears c. the 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).

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Forms

accommodates, accommodating, accommodated, accommodated
Base formaccommodate · to accommodate
3rd person singularaccommodates
Present participleaccommodating
Past simpleaccommodated
Past participleaccommodated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyaccommodate
he, she, itaccommodates

Past simpleLesson

all personsaccommodated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave accommodated
he, she, ithas accommodated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill accommodate

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make (one thing) compatible with (another):reconcileconciliate
  • have room for; hold without crowding:holdadmit
  • make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose:adapt
  • provide a service or favor for someone:oblige
  • provide housing for:lodge
  • be agreeable or acceptable to:suitfit

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

See also

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