I. -də̇t, -ˌdāt adjective
Etymology: Latin accommodatus
archaic : adapted , suitable , fit
II. -ˌdāt, usu -ād.+V verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin accommodatus, past participle of accommodare, from ad- + commodare to make fit, give, lend — more at commodatum
transitive verb
1. : adapt
words accommodate their meanings to the other words that accompany them — I.A.Richards
: make fit, suitable, or congruous
observations had to be accommodated to these preconceptions — S.F.Mason
2. : to show the correspondence of : account for
to accommodate the new findings physicists have had to elaborate the theory — Scientific American Reader
: match
accommodating a statement to facts
3. : to bring into agreement or concord : reconcile , adjust
he had to accommodate his step to hers — Michael Arlen
accommodate his religious and cultural life to the culture of the majority while avoiding complete assimilation — F.J.Brown
4. : to furnish with something desired, needed, or suited : oblige
Rosamond accommodated him, taking his picture over and over again to please him — Thomas Barbour
a. : to grant a loan to especially without security
b. : to provide with lodgings : house
how are travelers accommodated in villages and towns — Notes & Queries on Anthropology
: make room for
the door was reluctantly opened wide enough to accommodate a small brown wet hand — L.C.Douglas
: hold
the mailbox is huge — obviously designed to accommodate packages from mail-order houses — G.R.Stewart
intransitive verb
: to adapt oneself
normal and neurotic both accommodate to the same situations by different techniques — Abram Kardiner
try in some way to accommodate — morally, intellectually — to the world — Edmund Wilson
specifically of the eye : to undergo accommodation
Synonyms: see adapt , contain , oblige