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accommodate

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ac·com·mo·date  (-km-dt)
v. ac·com·mo·dat·ed, ac·com·mo·dat·ing, ac·com·mo·dates
v.tr.
1. To do a favor or service for; oblige. See Synonyms at oblige.
2. To provide for; supply with.
3. To hold comfortably without crowding. See Synonyms at contain.
4. To make suitable; adapt. See Synonyms at adapt.
5. To allow for; consider: an economic proposal that accommodates the interests of senior citizens.
6. To settle; reconcile.
v.intr.
1. To adapt oneself; become adjusted: It is never easy to accommodate to social change.
2. Physiology To become adjusted, as the eye to focusing on objects at a distance.

[Latin accomodre, accomodt-, to fit : ad-, ad- + commodus, suitable; see commodious.]

ac·commo·dative adj.
ac·commo·dative·ness n.
ac·commo·dator n.

accommodate [əˈkɒməˌdeɪt]
vb
1. (tr) to supply or provide, esp with lodging or board and lodging
2. (tr) to oblige or do a favour for
3. to adjust or become adjusted; adapt
4. (tr) to bring into harmony; reconcile
5. (tr) to allow room for; contain
6. (tr) to lend money to, esp on a temporary basis until a formal loan has been arranged
[from Latin accommodāre to make fit, from ad- to + commodus having the proper measure]
accommodative  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.accommodateaccommodate - be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
conform to, fit, meet - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"
2.accommodateaccommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
vary, alter, change - become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
adjust - make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"
gear, pitch - set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
fit - insert or adjust several objects or people; "Can you fit the toy into the box?"; "This man can't fit himself into our work environment"
anglicise, anglicize - make English in appearance; "She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London"
shoehorn - fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited
tailor, orient - adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings"
domesticate, tame - make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
domesticate, tame, cultivate, naturalise, naturalize - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
Christianize - adapt in the name of Christianity; "some people want to Christianize ancient pagan sites"
naturalise, naturalize - adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"
electrify, wire - equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"
transcribe - rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
3.accommodateaccommodate - provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"
cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
4.accommodateaccommodate - 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"
contain, hold, take - be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
sleep - be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"
house - contain or cover; "This box houses the gears"
seat - be able to seat; "The theater seats 2,000"
5.accommodateaccommodate - provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
domiciliate, house, put up - provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
barrack - lodge in barracks
keep - supply with room and board; "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders"
billet, canton, quarter - provide housing for (military personnel)
6.accommodateaccommodate - provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him"
abide by, comply, follow - act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"
7.accommodate - make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
harmonise, harmonize - bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously; "harmonize the different interests"

accommodate
verb
1. hold, take, seat, contain, have a capacity for The school was not big enough to accommodate all the children.
2. house, put up, take in, lodge, board, quarter, shelter, entertain, harbour, cater for, billet Students are accommodated in homes nearby.
3. help, support, aid, encourage, assist, befriend, cooperate with, abet, lend a hand to, lend a helping hand to, give a leg up to (informal) He has never made an effort to accommodate photographers.
4. adapt, match, fit, fashion, settle, alter, adjust, modify, compose, comply, accustom, reconcile, harmonize She walked slowly to accommodate herself to his pace.
Translations
accommodate [əˈkɒmədeɪt]
A. VT
1. (= lodge, put up) [+ person] → alojar, hospedar
can you accommodate four people in July?¿tiene usted habitaciones para cuatro personas en julio?
2. (= have space for) → tener cabida para
this car accommodates sixeste coche tiene cabida or asientos para seis personas
can you accommodate two more in your car?¿caben dos más en tu coche?
3. (= reconcile) [+ differences] → acomodar, concertar; [+ quarrel] → poner fin a; [+ quarrellers] → reconciliar
4. (= adapt) → acomodar, adaptar (to a)
5. (= supply) → proveer (with de) to accommodate sb with a loanfacilitar un préstamo a algn
6. (= oblige) → complacer, hacer un favor a
B. VI [eye] → adaptarse (to a)

accommodate [əˈkɒmədeɪt]
vt
(= hold, have room for) [+ people] → loger, recevoir
The hotel can accommodate 50 people → L'hôtel peut recevoir cinquante personnes.
This car accommodates 4 people comfortably → On tient confortablement à 4 dans cette voiture.
(= put up) [+ people] → loger
(= oblige, help) → obliger
to accommodate sb's wishes → réaliser les vœux de qn
(= adapt) to accommodate one's plans to sth → adapter ses projets à qch
to accommodate o.s. to sth → s'adapter à qch
vi (= adapt) → s'adapter

accommodate
vt
(= provide lodging for)unterbringen
(= hold, have room for)Platz haben für; (= contain) machine part etcenthalten; the car can accommodate five peopledas Auto bietet fünf Personen Platz or hat Platz für fünf Personen
(= be able to cope with: theory, plan, forecasts) → Rechnung ftragen (+dat)
(form: = oblige) → dienen (+dat); wishesentgegenkommen (+dat); I think we might be able to accommodate youich glaube, wir können Ihnen entgegenkommen
vi (eye)sich einstellen (→ to auf +acc)
vr to accommodate oneself to somethingsich einer Sache (dat)anpassen

accommodate [əˈkɒmədeɪt] vt
a. (lodge, have room for, person) → ospitare, alloggiare; (thing) → ospitare, accogliere
this car accommodates 4 people comfortably → quest'auto può trasportare comodamente 4 persone
b. (oblige, help) → favorire; (satisfy) → venire incontro a
c. (differences) → conciliare
d. (adjust to, idea, situation) accommodate o.s. tovenire incontro a, adattarsi a

accommodate
v accommodate [əˈkomədeit]
1 to find or be a place for The house could accommodate two families. verblyf verskaf يَأوِي، يُسْكِن настанявам ubytovat huse; rumme; have plads til aufnehmen στεγάζω alojar majutama, mahutama جا دادن majoittua loger לְאַכלֶס समायोजित करना smjestiti elszállásol menampung rúma, koma fyrir alloggiare, accogliere 住いを提供する 수용하다 (su)talpinti, apgyvendinti izvietot menempatkan huisvesten huse, romme pomieścić, dać dach nad głową alojar a adăposti размещать;вмещать ubytovať nastaniti smestiti inhysa จัดที่อยู่ให้เหมาะสำหรับ yer bulmak, barındırmak, almak 容納 давати комусь притулок; надавати житло رہنے کی جگہ دینا cung cấp chỗ ở cho ai
2 to oblige They did their best to accommodate him by carrying out his wishes. toegeeflik wees يُكَيِّف، يُزَوِّد، يُسَاعِد угаждам vyhovět, uspokojit imødekomme entgegenkommen εξυπηρετώ complacer vastutulelikkust osutama مساعدت کردن tehdä palvelus obliger לַבוֹא לִקרַאת, לְהִתחַשֶׁב सहायता करना uslužiti kedvében jár mematuhi gera til þægðar compiacere 和解させる (부탁 등을) 들어주다 įtikti izpatikt menolong van dienst zijn være behjelpelig iść na rękę agradar a oferi aju­tor ублажать vyhovieť, uspokojiť ustreči biti na usluzi tillmötesgå ช่วยเหลือ memnun etmek 迎合 робити послугу ممنون کرنا giúp đỡ 使
adj acˈcommodating
obliging; helpful. toegeeflik مُسَاعِد، سَلِس، لَطِيف услужлив ochotný, úslužný imødekommende; føjelig; medgørlig entgegenkommend εξυπηρετικός complaciente vastutulelik خوش برخورد؛ مشتاق به کمک دادن mukautuva accommodant נֹח @@@נוח$$$, מוּכָן לַעֲזוֹר नमनशील uslužan alkalmazkodó membantu, mematuhi greiðvikinn accomodante 協調的な 남을 잘 돌보는 paslaugus pakalpīgs; piekāpīgs membantu tegemoetkomend forekommende, elskverdig usłużny, idący na rękę prestável amabil, serviabil услужливый ochotný, úslužný ustrežljiv predusretljiv tjänstvillig ที่ช่วยเหลือ memnun edici 迎合的,順應的 послужливий; люб'язний مددگار sẵn lòng giúp đỡ 便
n acˌcommoˈdation
1 room(s) in a house or hotel in which to live, especially for a short time It is difficult to find accommodation in London in August. verblyf, akkommodasie مَأوى، مَسْكَن подслон ubytování husly; indkvartering die Unterkunft στέγη, κατάλυμα alojamiento majutus(paik) محل سکونت majoitus logement מְקוֹם מגוּרִים, מקוֹם לִינָה आवास szállás(hely) akomodasi gistirúm alloggio 宿泊施設 숙박 시설 būstas, pastogė mājvieta; pajumte (kādā mājā vai viesnīcā) penginapan onderdak losji, husrom, innkvartering mieszkanie alojamento locuinţă жильё ubytovanie nastanitev smeštaj logi ที่พัก yatacak yer, kalacak yer 住宿處 приміщення; житло رہائش chỗ ở 宿
2 space for something There is accommodation for your car behind the hotel. plek, staanplek مُتَّسَـع помещение místo plads Platz διαθέσιμος χώρος espacio ruum جا tila place מקוֹם אִכסוּן @@@מקוֹם אִיכסוּן$$$ जगह férőhely ruangan rÿmi, stæði posto, spazio 収容設備 수용 공간 vieta vieta ruang plaats rom, plass miejsce lugar loc место miesto prostor mesto plats, utrymme สถานที่สำหรับเก็บสิ่งของ yer 容納處 притулок جگہ khoảng trống

accommodate يُجهِز ubytovat tilpasse (sig) unterbringen στεγάζω alojar majoittaa loger smjestiti ospitare 宿を提供する 숙박처를 제공하다 huisvesten huse zakwaterować acomodar давать пристанище inhysa จัดที่อยู่ให้ barındırmak cung cấp chỗ ở 容纳


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Now he considered that it would be neither an easy nor a necessary work to make himself such a house as would accommodate him.
Dashwood as remaining there till she could accommodate herself with a house in the neighbourhood, his invitation was accepted.
But a man is not often found sufficiently circumspect to know how to accommodate himself to the change, both because he cannot deviate from what nature inclines him to do, and also because, having always prospered by acting in one way, he cannot be persuaded that it is well to leave it; and, therefore, the cautious man, when it is time to turn adventurous, does not know how to do it, hence he is ruined; but had he changed his conduct with the times fortune would not have changed.
 
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