accommodate

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accommodate

/əˈkɒməˌdeɪt/ Canada, UK, dialectal
[əˈkʰɒməˌdeɪt] Canada, UK, dialectal
/əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/ US, dialectal
[əˈkʰɑməˌdeɪt] US, dialectal
/əˈkɔməˌdæɪt/ Australia
[əˈkʰɔməˌdæɪt] Australia
/əˈkɒməˌdæɪt/ New Zealand
[əˈkʰɔ̟məˌdæɪt] New Zealand

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin com-

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *medos

Latin modus

Latin commodusnom.

Latin commodum

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin commodō

Latin accommodō

Latin accommodātusbor.

English accommodate

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).

verb accommodates · accommodating · accommodated · accomodate

often, reflexive, transitive To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt. to accommodate ourselves to circumstances
transitive To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile. to accommodate differences
transitive To provide housing for. to accommodate an old friend for a week
transitive To 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.
transitive To contain comfortably; to have space for. This venue accommodates three hundred people.
transitive To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient. to accommodate a friend with a loan
transitive To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
transitive 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. to accommodate prophecy to events
transitive To give consideration to; to allow for.
intransitive, rare To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
intransitive Of an eye, to change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.

adjective more accommodate · most accommodate · accomodate

obsolete Suitable; 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.

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