Meanings
present singular third person accommodates · participle present accommodating · participle past accommodated · past accommodated · alternative accomodate
- oftenreflexivetransitiveTo render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
to accommodate ourselves to circumstances
1 more example
IT is an old Obſervation, which has been made of Politicians who would rather ingratiate themſelves with their Sovereign, than promote his real Service, that they accommodate their Counſels to his Inclinations, and adviſe him to ſuch Actions only as his Heart is naturally ſet upon.
1712 June 28 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, June 18, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 475; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 15 - transitiveTo provide sufficient space for.
My next stop is Oxford, which has also grown with the addition of new platforms to accommodate the Chiltern Railways service to London via Bicester - although, short sightedly, the planned electrification from Paddington was canned.
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, pages 67–68 - transitiveTo contain comfortably; to have space for.
This venue accommodates three hundred people.
- transitiveTo provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
to accommodate a friend with a loan
- transitiveTo show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
to accommodate prophecy to events
- transitiveTo give consideration to; to allow for.
- intransitiverareTo adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
comparative more accommodate · superlative most accommodate · alternative accomodate
- obsoleteSuitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
God did not primarily intend to appoint this way of Worſhip, and to impoſe it upon them as that which was moſt proper and agreeable to him ; but that he condeſcended to it, as moſt accommodate to their preſent ſtate and inclination.
a. 1671, John Tillotson, Sermons Preach’d Upon Several Occaſions, London: A.M., page 181
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
verbTo provide housing for.
verbTo do a favor or service for; to oblige.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincom-
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*médos
- Proto-Italic*medos
- Latinmodus
- Latincommodus
- Latincommodum
- Latincommodō
- Latinaccommodō
- Latinaccommodātus
- Englishaccommodate
First use appears c. the 1530s, borrowed from Latin accommodātus, perfect passive participle of accommodō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + commodō (“to provide, lend; to make fit, accommodate”), from con- + modus (“measure, proportion, limit”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix) (see English mode).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian нагаждам
- нагаждам (nagaždam)to render fit or suitable
Catalan acomodar, acollir
- acomodarto render fit or suitable
- acollirto provide housing for
- allotjarto provide housing for
Chinese Mandarin 容纳, 安置
- 容纳 (róng nà)to render fit or suitable
- 安置 (ānzhì)to provide housing for
- 容納 /容纳 (róngnà)to provide housing for
Dutch onderbrengen, herbergen
- onderbrengento provide housing for
- herbergento provide housing for
- aanpassento show the correspondence of; adapt to fit
- accommoderento show the correspondence of; adapt to fit
Esperanto akomodi, alfari
- akomodito render fit or suitable
- alfarito render fit or suitable
Finnish sopeuttaa, sovitella
- sopeuttaato render fit or suitable
- sovitellato cause to come into agreement
- majoittaato provide housing for
- tarjotato provide with something desired
- palvellato do a favor or service for
- sopeutuato show the correspondence of; adapt to fit
- ottaa huomioonto give consideration to
- sopeutuarare: to adapt oneself
- tarjota tilato provide space for something
French héberger, accommoder
- hébergerto provide housing for
- accommoderto show the correspondence of; adapt to fit
- s'accommoderrare: to adapt oneself
German machen, endigen
- machento render fit or suitable
- endigento render fit or suitable
- in Übereinstimmung bringento cause to come into agreement
- anpassento cause to come into agreement
- unterbringento provide housing for
- beherbergento provide housing for
- einquartierento provide housing for
- einrichtento provide with something desired
- anpassento show the correspondence of; adapt to fit
- anpassenrare: to adapt oneself
Hebrew אִכְסֵן
- אִכְסֵן (ichsén)to provide housing for
Hungarian befogad
- befogadto provide housing for
Italian adattare, conciliare
- adattareto render fit or suitable
- conciliareto cause to come into agreement
- accomodareto provide housing for
- alloggiareto provide housing for
- ospitareto provide housing for
- soddisfareto provide with something desired
- sistemareto provide space for something
Japanese 収容する
- 収容する (shūyō suru)to provide housing for
Korean 수용하다
- 수용하다 (suyonghada)to provide housing for
Latin accommodo, excipio
- accommodoto render fit or suitable
- excipioto cause to come into agreement
- excipioto provide with something desired
- excipioto show the correspondence of; adapt to fit
- excipiorare: to adapt oneself
Māori ō
- ōto provide space for something
Polish akomodować, nocować
- akomodowaćto render fit or suitable
- nocowaćto provide housing for
- przenocowaćto provide housing for
- akomodować sięrare: to adapt oneself
Portuguese acomodar, acomodar
- acomodarto render fit or suitable
- acomodarto provide housing for
Russian приспоса́бливать, приспосо́бить
- приспоса́бливать (prisposáblivatʹ)to render fit or suitable
- приспосо́бить (prisposóbitʹ)to render fit or suitable
- подгоня́ть (podgonjátʹ)to render fit or suitable
- подогна́ть (podognátʹ)to render fit or suitable
- размеща́ть (razmeščátʹ)to provide housing for
- размести́ть (razmestítʹ)to provide housing for
- приспоса́бливаться (prisposáblivatʹsja)rare: to adapt oneself
- приспосо́биться (prisposóbitʹsja)rare: to adapt oneself
Spanish acomodar, acoger
- acomodarto render fit or suitable
- acogerto provide housing for
- albergarto provide housing for
- acomodarto show the correspondence of; adapt to fit
- acomodarse arare: to adapt oneself
Swedish hysa, förse
- hysato provide housing for
- förseto provide with something desired
- tillgodoseto provide with something desired
Turkish uyum sağlamak, düzenlemek
- uyum sağlamakto render fit or suitable
- düzenlemekto render fit or suitable
- düzenlemekto provide with something desired
- tanzim etmekto provide with something desired
- yerleştirmekto provide with something desired
- uydurmakto show the correspondence of; adapt to fit
- alışmakrare: to adapt oneself
Cite this entry
accommodate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accommodate
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