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unterbringen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accommodate verb To provide someone with a place to stay or space to fit.
  • bestow verb To give something formally or ceremonially, often as an honour.
  • collocate verb (said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong collocates with tea.
  • house noun A building where people live, typically a single family.
  • lodge verb To become firmly fixed in a particular position.
  • quarter noun One of four equal parts into which something is divided.
  • sleep verb To rest in the natural state of reduced consciousness that the body needs each day.

Senses

unterbringen is used for these senses in English:

  • accommodate (transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
  • bestow (also, reflexive) To provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation; to find quarters for (someone or oneself); to lodge, to quarter.
  • collocate To arrange or occur side by side.
  • house (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor.
  • quarter (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
  • quarter (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
  • sleep (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.

accommodate — full definition

  1. verb To provide someone with a place to stay or space to fit.
  2. verb To adjust or adapt to someone's needs or wishes.

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