ENGLISH: accommodate - CREOLE: akomode



Overview of verb accommodate



The verb accommodate has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (5) suit, accommodate, fit -- (be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs")

2. (5) adapt, accommodate -- (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country")

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

4. (2) accommodate, hold, admit -- (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")

5. lodge, accommodate -- (provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester")

6. oblige, accommodate -- (provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him")

7. accommodate, reconcile, conciliate -- (make compatible with; "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories")

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