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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Мы можем поселить его на ночь. — Ooneykcall
Ми можемо розмістити його на ніч. — Ostrovska
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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. — Ostrovska
ruМы можем поселить его на ночь. — Ooneykcall
deWir können ihm die Nacht über Unterkunft gewähren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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 |
regular · Lesson
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