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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (7)

1. be agreeable or acceptable to;
- Example: "This suits my needs"
[syn: suit, accommodate, fit]

2. make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose;
- Example: "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
[syn: adapt, accommodate]

3. provide with something desired or needed;
- Example: "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"

4. have room for; hold without crowding;
- Example: "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"
- Example: "The theater admits 300 people"
- Example: "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
[syn: accommodate, hold, admit]

5. provide housing for;
- Example: "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
[syn: lodge, accommodate]

6. provide a service or favor for someone;
- Example: "We had to oblige him"
[syn: oblige, accommodate]

7. make (one thing) compatible with (another);
- Example: "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
[syn: accommodate, reconcile, conciliate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Accommodate \Ac*com"mo*date\, v. i. To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. [R.] --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Accommodate \Ac*com"mo*date\, a. [L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare.] Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. [Archaic] --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Accommodate \Ac*com"mo*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accommodated; p. pr. & vb. n. Accommodating.] [L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare; ad + commodare to make fit, help; con- + modus measure, proportion. See Mode.] 1. To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances. "They accommodate their counsels to his inclination." --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings. [1913 Webster] 4. 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

accommodate v 1: be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs" [syn: suit, accommodate, fit] 2: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" [syn: adapt, accommodate] 3: provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?" 4: have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" [syn: accommodate, hold, admit] 5: provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester" [syn: lodge, accommodate] 6: provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him" [syn: oblige, accommodate] [ant: disoblige] 7: make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories" [syn: accommodate, reconcile, conciliate]