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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
accommodates, accommodating, accommodated |
| definition 1: |
to have room for, or to make room for.
This apartment accommodates four people comfortably.The waiters accommodated the extra guests by adding more chairs to the table.- synonyms:
- contain, hold
- similar words:
- carry, house, lodge, seat, sleep
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| definition 2: |
to provide food or lodging or both for.
Our friends said they could accommodate us for a few days.- synonyms:
- billet, house, lodge, quarter
- similar words:
- board, shelter
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| definition 3: |
to make suited; adapt.
She must accommodate herself to new circumstances.- synonyms:
- acclimate, acclimatize, accustom, adapt, adjust, attune, habituate
- similar words:
- conform, fashion, fit, suit
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| definition 4: |
to fulfill the needs of (others) by adapting oneself.
She has difficulty understanding, so the teacher tries to accommodate her.
- synonyms:
- favor, oblige
- antonyms:
- incommode
- similar words:
- aid, assist, furnish, help, indulge, provide, serve, supply
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| definition 5: |
to lend money to.
I'm sure the bank will accommodate you.- synonyms:
- lend, loan
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| related words: |
acclimate, adjust, bed, feed, lend, modulate, offset, orient, pacify, qualify, quarter, receive, reconcile, wait on |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to be or become adaptable; conform.
We did not easily accommodate to the new rules.- synonyms:
- acclimate, acclimatize, adapt, adjust, conform
- antonyms:
- resist
- similar words:
- comply
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| related words: |
assimilate, cater |
adverb + (v.)accommodate
barely, comfortably, easily, perfectly, physically, readily, reasonably, sufficiently
(v.)accommodate
+ adverb
enough, physically
(v.)accommodate
+ noun
aspiration,
cargo,
change,
demand,
desire,
disability,
diversity,
expansion,
growth,
guest,
influx,
input,
lane,
learner,
learning,
lifestyle,
load,
maximum,
need,
overflow,
passenger,
preference,
range,
request,
requirement,
schedule,
spectator,
style,
torso,
tourist,
traffic,
traveler,
variation,
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:
accede, accelerate, accent, accept, acceptable, acceptance, acceptation, access, accessible, accession, accident, accidental, acclaim, acclamation, accommodate, accompany, accomplice, accomplish, accord, account, accredit, accrual, 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, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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