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accommodate definition

ac·com·mo·date (ə käm′ə dāt′)

transitive verb accommodated -·dat′ed, accommodating -·dat′·ing

  1. to make fit; adjust; adapt to accommodate oneself to changes
  2. to reconcile (differences)
  3. to help by supplying (with something)
  4. to do a service or favor for
  5. to have space for a table to accommodate six diners
  6. to provide lodging for

Etymology: < L accommodatus, pp. of accommodare < ad-, to + commodare, to fit < commodus: see commode

intransitive verb

to become adjusted, as the lens of the eye in focusing on objects at various distances

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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