accommodating

Adjective
Synonyms: accommodative

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation“the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in”“made a special effort to be accommodating”Synonyms: accommodative
  2. obliging; willing to do favors“made a special effort to be accommodating”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Accommodating \Ac*com"mo*da`ting\, a. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement. [1913 Webster]
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]

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