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Accommodate

Definitions: Accommodate

Accommodate

Verb

1. Be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs".

2. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country".

3. Provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?".

4. 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. Provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester".

6. Provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him".

7. Make compatible with; "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "accommodate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references)

Synonyms: Accommodate

Synonyms: adapt (v), admit (v), conciliate (v), fit (v), hold (v), lodge (v), oblige (v), reconcile (v), suit (v). (additional references)
Antonym: disoblige (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Accommodate

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Agreement

Render accordant; Adjective: fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate; adjust; (render, equal); dress, regulate, readjust; accord, harmonize,. reconcile; fadge, dovetail, square.

Aid

Oblige, accommodate, consult the wishes of; humor, cheer, encourage.

Conformity

Verb: conform to, conform to rule; accommodate oneself to, adapt oneself to; rub off corners.

Equality

Render equal; Adjective: equalize level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise; fit, accommodate; adapt; (render accordant); strike a balance; establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium; readjust; stretch on the bed of Procrustes.

Giving

Furnish, supply, help; administer to; afford, spare; accommodate with, indulge with, favor with; shower down upon; lavish, pour on, thrust upon.

Lending

Verb: lend, advance, accommodate with; lend on security; loan; pawn; (security).

Pacification

Settle matters, arrange matters, accommodate matters, accommodate differences; set straight; make up a quarrel, tantas componere lites; come to an understanding, come to terms; bridge over, hush up; make it, make matters up; shake hands; mend one's fences.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Accommodate

English words defined with "accommodate": accept, Accommodated, accommodation, accommodative, adjusted, admitconciliatedormer, dormer window, double bed, drive-inelongated, extendedfuselagehold, housefullengthened, live withprolongedreality principle, reconcile, reconcilingseasonal adjustment, sleep, swallowTo put on one's trumps, To put to one's trumpsWellhole. (references)
Specialty definitions using "accommodate": accommodation ability, Affreightment, Contract of, ALMOND HULLER, alphabet length, assemblying and disassemblying of consists, assembly-machine tool setter, automatic lehr operatorBANDING-MACHINE OPERATOR, BARREL-LATHE OPERATOR, INSIDE, BELL REAMER, BELT-PRESS OPERATOR I, blending-machine operator, BOARD-LINER OPERATOR, BRANDING-MACHINE TENDER, BUS ATTENDANTcandy-rolling-machine operator, CARDROOM ATTENDANT I, CARTON-FORMING-MACHINE OPERATOR, CARTON-PACKAGING-MACHINE OPERATOR, cartridge-assembling-machine adjuster, CASING-IN-LINE SETTER, CENTRIFUGAL SPINNER, CHAIN-TESTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, choir leader, chopper and cracker feeder, CHORAL DIRECTOR, clasp machine operator, CLERK, TELEVISION PRODUCTION, COLLATING-MACHINE OPERATOR, cut-roll-machine operatorDECORATING-EQUIPMENT SETTER, Design Capacity, DESIZING-MACHINE OPERATOR, HEAD-END, desizing-pad operator, DIE CLEANER, dining-service supervisor, disc-ruler operator, DOMER, DOWEL-INSERTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, DRYING CANS, Dual In-line Memory Module, DUDE WRANGLER, DUMPING PIVOTembossing-machine-operator helper, ENGINEERING ASSISTANT, MECHANICAL EQUIPMENTFABRIC NORMALIZER, feeder operator, FELT CUTTER, FILLING-AND-STAPLING-MACHINE OPERATOR, flame-spray operator, flame-spraying-machine operator, automatic, Flexible Architecture, FLIGHT-TEST DATA ACQUISITION TECHNICIAN, flood plain, FRONT-SIGHT ATTACHER, FUR-CUTTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, furnace operator, fur-trimming machine operatorGAUGE-AND-WEIGH-MACHINE ADJUSTER, Gnostics, gold bander, striperhand gluer, hat-brim-and-crown-laminating operator, HAT-STOCK-LAMINATING-MACHINE OPERATOR, head ruler, linoprint ruling machine operator, heat treat worker, hog operator, HOUSEKEEPER, HOMEindexing slot, insert-machine operatorjewelry setter, JOB SETTER, SPLINE-ROLLING MACHINEkeg-lathe operator, inside, Kit-cat Clublehr attendant, lehr operator, lehr stripper, LEHR TENDER, LOADING-MACHINE ADJUSTERmachine adjuster, MACHINE OPERATOR, GENERAL, machine printer, hose, malter operator, manager, household, MANAGER, INDUSTRIAL CAFETERIA, MANAGER, ORCHARD, MANAGER, RESERVATIONS, MANAGER, SALES, MASKING-MACHINE OPERATOR, METAL SPRAYER, CORROSION PREVENTION, METAL SPRAYER, MACHINED PARTS, metal sprayer, protective coating, metalizer, field operation, metalizer, machined parts, metalizing-machine operator, automatic, metal-spray operator, METAL-SPRAYING-MACHINE OPERATOR, AUTOMATIC I, MIRROR SPECIALIST, mixed traffic street, MIXING-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references)
Etymologies containing "accommodate": Disaccommodate. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Accommodate

DomainTitle

Books

  • Adapting Instruction to Accommodate Students in Inclusive Settings (4th Edition) (reference)

  • Can the Social Security Administration accommodate the needs of the non-English speaking public? : hearing before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, August 6, 1992 (reference)

  • Effective Teaching Strategies That Accommodate Diverse Learners (2nd Edition) (reference)

  • How to Accommodate Men: Stories (reference)

  • Listening for Aaron: A Teachers Story About Modifying a Literature Based Approach to Literacy to Accommodate a Young Male's Voice (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Accommodate

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The void in the heart does not accommodate itself to a proxy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Accommodate

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Multiple rehabilitation strategies to accommodate these complexities are needed. (references)

No single educational tool can accommodate the needs of all individuals with NIDDM. (references)

Schedules are rearranged to accommodate hospitalization or clinic visits, family members may be separated, siblings may feel neglected. (references)

Business

Storage system at the BKP can accommodate both general cargo and containers. (references)

Vasteras Airport is another candidate to accommodate some of Stockholm's domestic air traffic. (references)

The new airport investments stem not only from a business approach to accommodate larger passenger volumes. (references)

Children

United Kingdom

In addition all businesses are required to accommodate customers with disabilities. (references)

Bolivia

However, in general there are no special services or infrastructure to accommodate persons with disabilities. (references)

Rwanda

The public schools lack essential and basic supplies and cannot accommodate all children of primary school age. (references)

Civil Liberties

Namibia

The Osire camp, which was designed to accommodate 5,000 refugees, experienced severe overcrowding problems during the year. (references)

Vietnam

The Vietnamese Roman Catholic Church hierarchy remained frustrated by the Government's restrictions but has learned to accommodate itself to them. (references)

Liberia

The Government and the UNHCR established a second refugee camp in Sinje, a location easily accessible from Monrovia, to accommodate the refugees from Lofa County. (references)

Economic History

Bahrain

The resort will accommodate thirty thousand visitors per day. (references)

Egypt

Egypt has no such law, but can accommodate an interested U.S. party. (references)

Hong Kong

The number of available places, however, is not adequate to accommodate university applicants. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

Facilities built to accommodate 1,700 female inmates held 2,200 at year's end. (references)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

The prison, built in 1840, was designed to accommodate 60 inmates but houses over 100 prisoners. (references)

Tanzania

The legal system is based on the British model, with modifications to accommodate customary and Islamic law in civil cases. (references)

Indigenous People

Denmark

Greenland's legal system seeks to accommodate Inuit customs. (references)

Denmark

In 1999 a court ruled that the Government unjustly resettled Greenland Inuits in 1953 in order to accommodate the expansion of a U.S. Air Force base in northwest Greenland. (references)

Minorities

Moldova

The school continued to run three to four shifts per day to accommodate the number of students who desire this form of education. (references)

Political Economy

JAPAN

The Japanese government should adapt customs clearance procedures to accommodate the rapid growth of express cargo carriers. (references)

Trade

Australia

Intervention by the Reserve Bank is minimal and is exercised to accommodate government economic policy adjustments. (references)

Azerbaijan

The existing donor-backed business finance facilities, while helpful, simply are not large enough to accommodate the need. (references)

Travel

Indonesia

Allow plenty of time between meetings to accommodate Jakarta traffic jams; one half hour between locations in the central city is recommended. (references)

Thailand

The common professional workweek in Thailand is 40 hours per week consisting of five, 8-hour days, Monday through Friday . Office hours in Bangkok vary to accommodate flex-time travel through the city's notoriously heavy traffic . Common office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m . Most business offices are closed on Saturdays and Sundays although most commercial establishments remain open . The U.S. Commercial Service Bangkok's hours are 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday . The Commercial Library is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m . The office is closed during lunch from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m . (references)

Women

Singapore

The Star shelter accepts children, women, and men, and can accommodate up to 30 persons. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Accommodate

SpeakerPhrase(s)

John Ashcroft

Well, it's, I believe, the greatest law enforcement agency in the world. But nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Accommodate

"Accommodate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 96.65% of the time. "Accommodate" is used about 1,371 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)96.65%1,3255,992
Lexical Verb (base form)2.62%3657,479
Noun (singular)0.73%10111,207
                    Total100.00%1,371N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Accommodate

Expressions using "accommodate": accommodate facts to theory accommodate oneself accommodate oneself to accommodate oneself to circumstances accommodate smb. with accommodate smb. with money accommodate to accommodate with. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Accommodate

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

accommodate

26

accommodate duty

12

accommodate can every lodge wish

5

accommodate floating large structure yacht

3

accommodate friend have many too us

3

accommodate define

2

conference meeting facility that will accommodate

2

accommodate either glass meant table top wood

2

accommodate designed

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Accommodate

Language Translations for "accommodate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

adapteer (adapt, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, put, tune), aanpas (adapt, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, put, try, try on, tune). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

adaptoj (adapt, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), ujdis (agree, arrange, fit in, fit up, fix, jibe, match, repair, set), strehoj (billet, Canton, cover, embay, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, host, house, Lodge, quarter, refuge, resettle, shelter), rregulloj (adjust, amend, arrange, attemper, clear up, compose, contrive, control, correct, debug, dispose, dispose of, do, fix up, model, modulate, order, patch up, rate, readjust, redress, regularize, regulate, repair, set right, set the tune, settle, shape, Spruce, straighten, tidy up, trim), përshtat (adapt, adjust, arrange, assort, enable, fit, fit in, match, readjust, regulate, retool, specialize, trim), i jap strehë (shelter), bëj një favor. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كيف (adapt, adjust, condition, conform, fashion, however, shape, suit, whereby), ‏لاءم (adapt, adjust, agree with, be convenient for, be suitable for, befit, fit, match, suit), ‏وفق بين (conciliate, harmonize), ‏سوى (adjust, but, compose, compound, dispose, equalize, equate, even, flatten, normalize, patch, regularize, settle, smooth, straighten), ‏زود (assort, button, cap, chock, cover, eke out, equip, fit, fit out, furnish, gloss, irrigate, lend, outfit, provide, purvey, rig out, serve, set up, store, supply, tool up), ‏جهز (activate, appoint, device, equip, equip with, fit, fit out, furnish, gear, get ready, outfit, pack up, prepare, provide, set off, set smb. up in smth., stand by, think out), ‏إتسع (broaden, contain, dilate, enlarge, expand, widen), ‏إستضاف (entertain, harbor, harbour, host, put up), ‏أقرض (lend, lent, loan), ‏أوى (harbor, harbour, hard, lodge, nestle, quarter, shelter), ‏أدى خدمة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

приспособявам (adapt, adjust, conform, fashion, frame, gear, modulate, readjust, shape, suit, tailor, tune), давам квартира на, доставям (afford, furnish, get, give, haul, heel, provide, purvey, rustle up, supply), подслонявам (house, refuge, shelter, take in), побирам (admit, carry, contain, hold, receive, seat, sit, sleep, store, take), помирявам (appease, bring together, compose, heal, placate, reconcile), давам (accord, adduce, administer, afford, allow, award, bring forth, commit, confer, delegate, dig up, endow, gave, give, give in, given, grant, hand out, hold, hold out, kick in, pass, pay, present, produce, put up, render, send, set, show), пригодявам (adapt, modulate, rig), услужвам на, правя услуга на (oblige), акомодирам, настанявам (collocate, encamp, establish, fix up, induct, instal, install, place, put up, set, set up, settle, station), разквартирувам (quarter, station), сдобрявам (atone, placate, reconcile), снабдявам (arm, cater, feed, find, fit out, fit up, fuel, furnish, issue, outfit, provide, purvey, rig out, set up, stock, suit, supply), пригаждам. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

容纳 (Accommodated, Accommodating), 容納 (contain). (various references)

   

Czech

  

akomodovat, vybavit (endow, equip, fit, fit out, fit up, furnish, habilitate, refit), ubytovat (billet, quarter, station, take in), přizpùsobit (accustom to, adapt, adjust, assimilate, comply, conform, fit, modulate, quadrate, readjust, regulate, suit, tailor, temper, tune). (various references)

   

Danish

  

timelding (accommodate oneself, adapt oneself, inscription), indlogere (to accommodate, to house). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

afstemmen (adapt, adjust, attune, fit, fix, harmonise, match, mount, place, reconcile, reject, to respond to ..., tune, verify), adapteren (adapt, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), aanpassen (accomodate, adapt, adapting, adjust, adjustment, attempt, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, test, to acclimate, to smooth, to smoothe, try, try on, tune). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

adapti (adapt, adjust, fit). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

laga til (adapt, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), gera út (equip, provide, supply), búgva út (equip, provide, supply). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پول وام دادن(بکسی), منزل دادن (Encamp, House, Lodge), همسازکردن , همساز, وفق دادن با, تطبیق نمودن , تصفیه کردن (Accord, Administer, Establish, Purify, Rarefy, Refine, Smelt, Urbanize), جادادن (Chamber, Embed, Fix, House, Incorporate, Incorporation, Infix, Insert, Receive, Settle, Stable, Stead), اصلاح کردن (Accord, Alter, Ameliorate, Correct, Emend, Improve, Modify, Reclaim, Remedy, Revise, Right). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sovittaa (adapt, adjust, align, arrange, atone for, build into, combine, conciliate, expiate, fit in, incorporate into, make amends for, mediate, suit, to adjust, to fit), majoittaa (billet, lodge, put up, quarter, to accommodate, to house). (various references)

   

French

  

adapter (accomodate). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

oanpasse (adapt, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), oanbringe (accuse, adapt, adjust, attune, bring, denounce, fetch, fit, fix, give an account, mount, place, recruit, report, tune), ôfstimme (adapt, adhere, adjust, attune, conform, fit, fix, mount, place, reject, tune). (various references)

   

German

  

unterbringen (bestow, fit in, fix up, get in, house, Lodge, place, put, put up, quarter, settle, situate, to accommodate, to host, to house), beherbergen (accomodate, entertain, give shelter to, Harbor, harbour, house, Lodge, put up, take in), anpassen (accomodate, adapt, adapting, adjust, adjustment, attune, blend in, bring into line, fit, fit on, fitting, fix, key, match, modulate, mount, place, readjust, re-adjust, suit, take one's measure for, to acclimatize, to adapt, to adjust, to assimilate, to fit, to modulate, tune). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συμβιβάζω (compound, compromise, conciliate, give way, reconcile), περιλαμβάνω (comprehend, comprise, comprize, contain, encompass, include, involve), φιλοξενώ (entertain, feast, host, put up, take in), διευκολύνω (expedite, facilitate). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

adaptoj (adapt, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לישב (colonize, mediate, people, populate, settle), לאכסן (house), לארח (entertain, host), ל"אריח, ל"יר (house), לס'ל (acquire, adapt, adjust, conform, fit, obtain). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

alkamaz (adapt, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), alkalmazkodik (conform, suit, to comply with, to conform, to serve the time, to toe the line, to toe the mark), illeszt (adapt, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, suit, to feather, to fit, to join, to join up, to suit, tune), elszállásol (Lodge, put up, quarter, room, roost, slept, to accommodate, to billet, to house, to put up, to sleep). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

aðlagast (accomodate oneself, adapt, adapt oneself, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mengakomodasikan (house, lodge). (various references)

   

Italian

  

alloggiare (bed, house, live, Lodge, quarter, room, to accommodate, to house), adattare (adapt, adapt oneself, adjust, arrange, attune, be suitable, conform, fit, fit oneself, fix, key, mount, place, put, shape, suit, tune). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

便宜'図る (to accommodate, to suit the convenience of), 入る (to accommodate, to break into, to come in, to contain, to enroll, to enter, to flow into, to get in, to go in, to have, to hold, to join, to set, to set in). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

べ"ぎ'はかる (to accommodate, to suit the convenience of), はいる (banishment, exile, to accommodate, to break into, to contain, to enroll, to enter, to have, to hold, to join). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

수용하십시". (various references)

   

Manx

  

aaghtey (accommodate lodge), kiartaghey (accommodate arrange, adjust, adjusting, amend, correct, correct as mistake, correction, even out, fix, make, modification, modify, preparation, prepare, qualify, ready, rectification, redress, setting, settle, settling, true). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

tilpasse (adapt, conform), imøtekomme (accede to, cater). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

adaptá (adapt, adjust, apply, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, practice, tune). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

accommodateay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

adaptar (acclimate, acclimatize, accomodate, adapt, adjust, attemper, attune, calculate, fashion business, figure out, fit out, naturalized, place, proportion, put right, put up, straighten out, suit, tune), acomodar (accommodating, accomodate, adapt, arrange, attemper, attune, berth, compose, contain, have room for, have space for, locate, place, put up, settle, tune), prover de, harmonizar (accord, adjust, agree, arrange, atone, attune, blend, chime, compose, compromise, conciliate, harmonize, proportionable, reconcile, salve, straighten out, suit), fornecer (cater, deliver, furnish, furnish the living room, give, provide, purvey, serve, stock, store, supply, to supply, yield). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

avea loc pentru, aproviziona cu (find, find in, furnish with, purvey, victual), aplana (adjust, arrange, compose, fix up, make up, patch up, settle, smooth, stay), ajusta (adapt, adjust, arrange, dovetail, fit, modulate, shape, Square, tally, true up), adapta la (attemper, shape, tune), adãposti (billet, cherish, cultivate, defilade, embower, guard, Harbor, harbour, have, hide, hold, house, Lodge, nestle, room, safeguard, screen, secure, shelter, shield, store), acorda (accord, adjust, afford, agree, allow, attach, attune, award, confer, dovetail, extend, fit, give, grant, invest, key, lend, offer, pay, pitch, place, reconcile, set, tally, temper, vouchsafe), acomoda (adapt, adjust, conform, suit), potrivi (accord, adapt, adjust, arrange, correct, dovetail, fit, fit in, match, put, reconcile, rectify, register, regulate, reset, shape, smooth, Square, trim, trim in), monta (adapt, adjust, assemble, attune, erect, fit, fit up, fix, hang, install, key up, match, mount, place, put up, rig up, set, set up, tune), gãzdui (do, house, Lodge, receive, room, stay), fixa (adapt, adjust, affix, anchor, appoint, arrange, arrest, ascertain, assess, assign, attach, attune, bed, bind, bond, brace, clamp, clasp, define, determine, dog, establish, fasten, find, fit, fix, hitch, immobilize, impact, imprint, indicate, ingrain, lay, make fast, Mount, nail, nail down, name, nominate, pin, pin down, place, put on, recognize, regulate, schedule, secure, settle, stamp, state, stick, stiffen, stipulate, strengthen, tie, trace, tune), face un serviciu (do a service, render a service), cuprinde (admit, aggregate, carry, come over, comprehend, comprise, conquer, contain, cover, embosom, embrace, enlace, envelop, grasp, grip, Harbor, harbour, include, includes, overtake, prepossess, receive, reckon, see, seize, span), încãpea (comprise). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

снабжать (equip, fit, fit out, fit up, furnish, provide, serve with, store, supply), вмещать (admit, hold, house, receive, seat), предоставлять жилье, приспособлять (adapt, adjust, gear into, readjust), примирять (compound, conciliate, propitiate, reconcile). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ugoditi (please, satisfy), učiniti uslugu (do smb. a service, favor: show favor, favour: show favour), smestiti (ensconce oneself, establish, house, locate, lodge, place, put, seat, silo, station, stow), prilagoditi se (conform). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

acomodar (accomodate, adapt, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, put up, suit, tune, usher in), adaptar (accomodate, adapt, adjust, affiliate, apply, arrange, attune, fit, fix, German, Italian and Netherlands laws the French and Luxembourg concepts, mount, place, put up, scale, suit, to bring into line second paragraph of Article 4 of the Convention of 27.9.1968 merely brings into line with the Belgian, tune), alojar (bed, billet, board, house, Lodge, put up, quarter, to accommodate, to house). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

anpassa (acclimatize, adapt, adjust, attune, condition, conform, fit, fit on, gear, key, Orient, orientate, phase, specialize, suit). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

alıştırmak (accustom, addict, adjust, attune, break in, condition, conform, dovetail, enure, exercise, familiarize, habituate, harden, inure, regrind, school, season, train), alışmak (acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate oneself, addict, adjust, be in the habit of doing, become inured to, become reconciled to, drop into a habit, get accustomed to smth., get used to, orient oneself, orientate oneself, reconcile oneself to, school oneself to, season, take to), yerleştirmek (deposit, domicil, domicile, draw out, embed, emplace, enchase, engraft, ensconce, entrench, establish, fix, indwell, ingraft, inject, install, lay, locate, nestle, perch, pitch, place, posit, position, post, put, put in, quarter, reset, seat, set, set up, settle, shake down, sink, site, situate, slot, spot, Square, station, Stow), uzlaştırmak (compromise, conciliate, pacify, patch up, reconcile), uyum sağlamak (accommodate oneself, accord, blend, coordinate, fall with, harmonize, orient oneself, orientate oneself, settle, shake down, slot into, suit, yield), uydurmak (adapt, adjust, attune, concoct, conform, cook, cook up, dream up, fabricate, fake up, fashion, feign, fib, fit, forge, frame, fudge, gear, improvise, invent, key, make up, manufacture, mint, quadrate, reconcile, romance, spin, Square, square with, suit, syntonize, tailor, talk through one's hat, tally up, tell a fib, trump up, tune, tune up), sağlamak (accommodate smb. with, arm, assure, carry, cater, cater for, come in, derive, enlist, ensure, extract, fend for, find, fix, fix up, furnish, get out of, implement, keep, lay in, lay on, maintain, make, obtain, procure, provide, provide with, provision, purvey, secure, suck, supply, yield), kalacak yer sağlamak, bağdaştırmak (associate, correlate, ensure harmony, reconcile). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

улаштовувати (instal, install, organize, put), улагоджувати (adjust, arrange, compose, patch up, reconcile), розміщувати (allocate, dine, position, put), надавати житло (house), пристосовувати (adapt, adjust, apply, appropriate, arrange, conform, fit, gear, suit), примиряти (appease, conciliate, placate), постачати (administer, administrate, assort, feed, fit up, fix out, furnish, nourish, provide, set up, stock, store, supply), позичати (borrow, lend, loan), допомагати (abet, advantage, assist, avail, beet, benefit, bestead, boot, boot out, cater, forward, lend a hand, oblige, promote, see through), давати притулок (bield, nestle, refuge, roof). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

lletya (billet, lodge), cymhwyso (adjust, apply). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Accommodate

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

apta, aptari, aptas, aptasti, aptata, aptaverunt, aptavit, aptet. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Accommodate

Derivations

Words beginning with "accommodate": accommodated, accommodates. (additional references)

Words containing "accommodate": unaccommodated. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Accommodate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acccommodate, accommadate, accommdate, accommedate, accommidate, accommondate, accomodata, accomodate, accomoderate, acommodate, acomodate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Accommodate"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "accommodate" (pronounced ukÄ"mudā't)
5-m u d ā' tintimidate.
4-u d ā' tconsolidate, dilapidate, elucidate, invalidate, liquidate, mithridate.
3-d ā' tbackdate, inundate, mandate, outdate.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Accommodate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-m-m-o-o-t"

-4 letters: coacted, cocomat, commata, commode.

-5 letters: caeoma, coated, comade, comate, comedo, decoct, macaco, madame, moated, mooted, tomcod, tommed.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-m-m-o-o-t"
 

+1 letter: accommodated, accommodates.

 

+2 letters: accommodative.

 

+3 letters: unaccommodated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Accommodate


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 63 63 6F 6D 6D 6F 64 61 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -.-.    -.-.    ---    --    --    ---    -..    .-    -    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100011 01100011 01101111 01101101 01101101 01101111 01100100 01100001 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#99 &#99 &#111 &#109 &#109 &#111 &#100 &#97 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0063 0063 006F 006D 006D 006F 0064 0061 0074 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3569698179798170678671

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Spoken
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Translations: Ancient
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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