accommodateverb [ T ]
uk/əˈkɒm.ə.deɪt/us/əˈkɑː.mə.deɪt/accommodate verb [ T ] (FIND A PLACE FOR)
to provide with a place to live or to be stored in:
New students may be accommodated in halls of residence.
formal There wasn't enough space to accommodate the files.
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- While he was at the library, Steve decided to seek out some information on accommodation in the area.
- Feeling guilty for the homeless is one thing, finding cheap secure accommodation for them is quite another thing.
- Hostels are usually provided as a stopgap until the families can be housed in permanent accommodation.
- There's accommodation for about five hundred students on campus.
- The price includes travel and accommodation but meals are extra.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accommodating people
- billet
- board
- board and lodging
- boarding and lodging
- camp
- fooding and lodging
- full board
- half board
- house
- institutionalize
- put
- put sb away
- put sb up
- quarter
- rehouse
- resettle
- room and board
- settle
- sleep
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accommodate verb [ T ] (SUIT)
to give what is needed to someone:
The new policies fail to accommodate the disabled.
We always try to accommodate (= help) our clients with financial assistance if necessary.
accommodate yourself
to change yourself or your behaviour to suit another person or new conditions:
Some find it hard to accommodate themselves to the new working conditions.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- award-winning
- deliver
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- hand sth over
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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Adapting and modifying
accommodate verb [ T ] (EYE)
specialized anatomy (of an eye) to change the shape of the lens in order to focus (= see clearly)