Accommodate

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /əˈkÉ’məˌdeɪt/, əˈkÊ°É’məˌdeɪt
• US IPA: /əˈkÉ‘məˌdeɪt/, əˈkÊ°É‘məˌdeɪt

Origin

1530s, from Latin accomodātus, perfect passive participle of accomodō; ad + commodō ("make fit, help"); com + modus ("measure, proportion") (English mode).

Full definition of accommodate

Verb

1. (transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.They accommodate their counsels to his inclination. -Joseph Addison
2. (transitive) To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
3. (transitive) To provide housing for; to furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.
4. (transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige;
5. (transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.
6. (transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
7. (transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
8. (intransitive, rare) To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.

Synonyms

• suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange.

Antonyms

• obsolete discommodate

Adjective

1. (archaic) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. - John Tillotson