Accommodate

  • 11accommodate — ► VERB 1) provide lodging or sufficient space for. 2) adapt to or fit in with. ORIGIN Latin accommodare, from commodus fitting …

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  • 12accommodate — [[t]əkɒ̱mədeɪt[/t]] accommodates, accommodating, accommodated 1) VERB: no cont If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them. [V n] The school in Poldown was not big enough to accommodate all the… …

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  • 13accommodate — 01. The office we are using presently is too small to [accommodate] all the personnel we need now that business is doing so well. 02. With people having fewer kids these days, the local school can easily [accommodate] all the children in the area …

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  • 14accommodate — ac|com|mo|date [əˈkɔmədeıt US əˈka: ] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of accommodare, from ad to + commodare to make fit , from commodus suitable ] 1.) [T] if a room, building etc can accommodate a particular number of… …

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  • 15accommodate */ — UK [əˈkɒmədeɪt] / US [əˈkɑməˌdeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms accommodate : present tense I/you/we/they accommodate he/she/it accommodates present participle accommodating past tense accommodated past participle accommodated 1) to provide a… …

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  • 16accommodate — accommodable, /euh kom euh deuh beuhl/, adj. /euh kom euh dayt /, v., accommodated, accommodating. v.t. 1. to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige; to accommodate a friend. 2. to provide suitably; supply (usually fol. by with): to accommodate a… …

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  • 17accommodate — ac|com|mo|date [ ə kamə,deıt ] verb transitive * 1. ) to provide a place or room for someone to stay in: Designed by an Italian architect, the hotel can accommodate 600 guests. a ) to provide enough space for something or someone: The new… …

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  • 18accommodate — [c]/əˈkɒmədeɪt / (say uh komuhdayt) verb (accommodated, accommodating) –verb (t) 1. to do a kindness or a favour to; oblige: to accommodate a friend. 2. to provide with lodging, sometimes including food. 3. to make suitable or consistent; adapt:… …

  • 19accommodate — 1. verb a) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances. They accommodate their counsels to his inclination. b) To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to… …

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  • 20accommodate — verb ADVERB ▪ comfortably, easily, readily ▪ It was a large hall, where a lot of people could be comfortably accommodated. VERB + ACCOMMODATE ▪ be able to, can …

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