Meanings
verboveraccommodate (third-person singular simple present overaccommodates, present participle overaccommodating, simple past and past participle overaccommodated)
present singular third person overaccommodates · participle present overaccommodating · participle past overaccommodated · past overaccommodated · alternative over-accommodate
- transitiveTo be too accommodating towards.
Finally, the accommodating new governor needs to make certain he does not overaccommodate Albany’s leaders.
2008 March 17, “Governor Paterson’s Tests”, in New York Times - medicineTo adjust the focus of the eye so that the image resolves at a point behind the retina.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- 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
- Englishoveraccommodate
From over- + accommodate.
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APA
overaccommodate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overaccommodate
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“overaccommodate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overaccommodate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overaccommodate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overaccommodate.
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