accommodate
To render fit, suitable, or correspondentTo render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
» We can accommodate him for the night.
Wir können ihm die Nacht über Unterkunft gewähren.
Мы можем поселить его на ночь.
Ми можемо розмістити його на ніч.
Meaning
11 senses(often, reflexive, transitive)To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
to accommodate ourselves to circumstances
machen, endigen
приспоса́бливатьprisposáblivatʹ, приспосо́битьprisposóbitʹ, подгоня́тьpodgonjátʹ
(transitive)To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
to accommodate differences
in Übereinstimmung bringen, anpassen
(transitive)To provide housing for.
to accommodate an old friend for a week
unterbringen, beherbergen, einquartieren
размеща́тьrazmeščátʹ, размести́тьrazmestítʹ
provide housing for
(transitive)To provide sufficient space for.
provide a service or favor for someone
(transitive)To contain comfortably; to have space for.
This venue accommodates three hundred people.
(transitive)To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
to accommodate a friend with a loan
einrichten
provide with something desired or needed
(transitive)To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
(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
(transitive)To give consideration to; to allow for.
(intransitive, rare)To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
anpassen
приспоса́бливатьсяprisposáblivatʹsja, приспосо́битьсяprisposóbitʹsja
(intransitive)Of an eye, to change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.
Examples
62 sentencesWe 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.
The house could accommodate two families.
We'd be happy to accommodate you.
Let's see if we can accommodate you.
We can accommodate you.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 4
Origin
First use appears c. the 1530s, borrowed from Latin accommodātus, perfect passive participFirst 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 form | accommodate · to accommodate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | accommodates |
| Present participle | accommodating |
| Past simple | accommodated |
| Past participle | accommodated |
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Synonyms
13 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle