verb
accommodate
uh-KO-muh-dayt
verb
1
To provide someone with a place to stay or space to fit.
"The hotel can accommodate up to four hundred guests."
"We added an extra table to accommodate the late arrivals."
2
To adjust or adapt to someone's needs or wishes.
"The teacher accommodated students who needed extra time on the test."
"We can accommodate a change of date if you let us know early."
How to Use Accommodate
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo make room for someone, or to adjust something so it suits a person's needs.
Common pairings
accommodate guests
accommodate a request
happy to accommodate
Word Forms
more accommodate comparative, accommodated past tense, accommodates singular, most accommodate superlative
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Etymology
From Latin accommodare, "to make fit," built from ad- ("to") plus commodus ("suitable, convenient") — the same root that gives us "commodity."