accommodate
verb /əˈkɒmədeɪt/
/əˈkɑːmədeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they accommodate | /əˈkɒmədeɪt/ /əˈkɑːmədeɪt/ |
| he / she / it accommodates | /əˈkɒmədeɪts/ /əˈkɑːmədeɪts/ |
| past simple accommodated | /əˈkɒmədeɪtɪd/ /əˈkɑːmədeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle accommodated | /əˈkɒmədeɪtɪd/ /əˈkɑːmədeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form accommodating | /əˈkɒmədeɪtɪŋ/ /əˈkɑːmədeɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] accommodate somebody to provide somebody with a room or place to sleep, live or sit
- The hotel can accommodate up to 500 guests.
- The aircraft is capable of accommodating 28 passengers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- comfortably
- easily
- readily
- …
- be able to
- can
- [transitive] accommodate somebody/something to provide enough space for somebody/something
- The garage can accommodate three cars.
- The old town hall now accommodates a Folk Museum.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- comfortably
- easily
- readily
- …
- be able to
- can
- [transitive] accommodate something (formal) to consider something such as somebody’s opinion or a fact and be influenced by it when you are deciding what to do or explaining something
- Our proposal tries to accommodate the special needs of minority groups.
- She modified her views so as to accommodate the objections of American feminists.
- [transitive] accommodate somebody (with something) (formal) to help somebody by doing what they want synonym oblige
- I have accommodated the press a great deal, giving numerous interviews.
- I’m sure the bank will be able to accommodate you.
- [intransitive, transitive] accommodate (something/yourself) to something (formal) to change your behaviour so that you can deal with a new situation better
- I needed to accommodate to the new schedule.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin accommodat- ‘made fitting’, from the verb accommodare, from ad- ‘to’ + commodus ‘fitting’.