accommodate Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb be agreeable or acceptable to
fit; suit.
- This suits my needs
verb make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
adapt.
- Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country
verb provide with something desired or needed
- Can you accommodate me with a rental car?
verb have room for; hold without crowding
admit; hold.
- This hotel can accommodate 250 guests
- The theater admits 300 people
- The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people
verb provide housing for
lodge.
- We are lodging three foreign students this semester
verb provide a service or favor for someone
oblige.
- We had to oblige him
verb make (one thing) compatible with (another)
conciliate; reconcile.
- The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories

L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare; ad + commodare to make fit, help; con- + modus measure, proportion. See Mode.

imperfect & past participle Accommodated present participle & verbal noun Accommodating

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances. "They accomodate their counsels to his inclination." Addison.
To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.
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. Syn. -- To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange.