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accommodate
Word definitions for accommodate in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN car ▪ Both stations are designed to accommodate six-#car trains. ▪ Nearby would be a trail head that could accommodate 15 cars and 10 horse trailers. ▪ The building was enlarged in 1911, as seen here, to accommodate ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, from Latin accomodatus "suitable," past participle of accomodare "make fit, adapt, fit one thing to another," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + commodare "make fit," from commodus "fit" (see commode ). Related: Accommodated ; accommodating .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
(label en obsolete) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means '''accommodate''' to end. v 1 (context transitive often reflexive English) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to '''accommodate''' ourselves to circumstances. 2 (context ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Accommodate \Ac*com"mo*date\, v. i. To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. [R.] --Boyle.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs" [syn: suit , fit ] make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" [syn: adapt ] provide with something desired or needed; ...
Usage examples of accommodate.
A partitioned room will accommodate either a summer or a winter dairy, if not otherwise provided, and a multitude of conveniences may be made of it in all well arranged farmeries.
If it be constructed under the main body only, an offset should be excavated to accommodate the cellar stairs, three feet in width, and walled in with the rest.
II, in style and arrangement, and may accommodate not only the farm laborer or gardener, but will serve for a small farmer himself, or a village mechanic.
The two end posts directly in the rear of the front corner posts, should be 3 feet back from them, and on a line to accommodate the pitch of the roof from the front to the rear.
In this way we can accommodate more than a hundred head of cattle, of assorted ages.
The steps were close together, far too close to accommodate human feet.
But unlike those in the body of the craft, they were full-size, large enough to accommodate her.
His faded, sky-blue military coat might have once graced a Polish officer of wide girth, but it now hung open to accommodate the broad chest of its present owner.
Captain Nekrasov refused to accommodate me, but his sergeant proved far more generous with the facts.
Though a bit slender for his taste, she was nevertheless rounded in all the right places and had enough height to accommodate his enormous frame.
Therefore, Synnovea, you may ask the Countess Andreyevna if she will accommodate your new marital status as a personal favor to me.
As always in his case, the human universe bent to accommodate him with the alacrity of a gravity field around a neutron star.
For you, only a few seconds will have gone past, but outside, the rest of the Commonwealth will have had enough time to build new basic cities and towns with a functioning infrastructure to accommodate you.
The short drive ended with him being carried onto a hypersonic aircraft, just big enough to accommodate Tochee at the back where a dozen seats had been removed.
The dock areas were extensive, with long wharves that could accommodate ten large ships.