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- pronunciation:
ka
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deIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
accommodates, accommodating, accommodated |
| definition 1: |
to have room for, or to make room for.
The motel accommodates one hundred people.They accommodated the extra people by bringing in more chairs.- synonyms:
- contain, hold
- similar words:
- carry, house, lodge, seat
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| definition 2: |
to provide with meals or a place to sleep.
Our friends said they could accommodate us for a few days.- synonyms:
- house, lodge, quarter
- similar words:
- board, shelter
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| definition 3: |
to do a favor for; meet the needs of by changing one's own plans.
The teacher always accommodates us when we need more time.
- similar words:
- aid, assist, furnish, help, indulge, provide, serve, supply
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| related words: |
adjust, bed, feed, lend, qualify, quarter, receive, wait on |
adverb + (v.)accommodate
backward, barely, comfortably, easily, enough, readily, reasonably, sufficiently
(v.)accommodate
+ adverb
physically
(v.)accommodate
+ noun
aspiration,
calf,
cargo,
change,
demand,
desire,
disability,
diversity,
euro,
expansion,
growth,
guest,
input,
lane,
learner,
learning,
lifestyle,
load,
maximum,
need,
overflow,
passenger,
preference,
range,
request,
requirement,
schedule,
spectator,
style,
torso,
tourist,
traffic,
traveler,
variety,
visitor,
wheelchair,
width,
wish
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| derivation: |
accommodative (adj.) |
The word accommodate
contains the following parts:
ac-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix ac-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before Latin roots beginning with hard or soft "c" or "q." See ad-.
Example words:
accelerate, accent, accept, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accident, accidental, acclaim, accommodate, accompany, accomplice, accomplish, accord, account, accumulate, accuracy, accurate, accuse, accustom, acquaint, acquire, acquit
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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