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Date "ACCOMODATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references) |
"ACCOMODATE" is a common misspelling or typo for: accommodate, accommodated. |
Crosswords: ACCOMODATE |
| English words defined with "ACCOMODATE": Platonize ♦ Self-adjusting bearing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ACCOMODATE": Adaptive Digital Pulse Code Modulation, aeroplane hangar, airplane hangar ♦ bar hold ♦ gun bay ♦ mechanical room ♦ service room, service space, spread spectrum communications ♦ tang hold ♦ vertically movable. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
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![]() | View showing part of one of the three large cafeterias in the yard to accomodate the numerous civil service workers. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. More space for making bomb dies. The owner of a small factory and his wife inspect blue prints of the addition they need to accomodate their war production, on orders. Fifty, instead of seven men, wi. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Entrance to rooming house and lodge hall, Silverton, Colorado. There are always many rooming and boarding houses in mining towns to accomodate the large number of single men working in the mines and mills. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | A dairy barn at Kymulga (about six miles from Childersburg, Alabama) converted into a three-story bunk house to accomodate workers as a result of the expected increase in employment at the nearby powder plant. Several other farm buildings have been conver. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "ACCOMODATE" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "ACCOMODATE" is used about 12 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 91.67% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 8.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "ACCOMODATE": to accomodate. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "ACCOMODATE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | help (abet, aid, assist, help), eindig (come to an end, end, end up, expire, finish, terminate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan | ajudar (aid, assist, help, to help), acabar (end, finish, terminate, use up), servir (to serve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | hjælpe (aid, assist, help), fuldende (end, finish, prepare, terminate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | accommoderen, aanpassen (accommodate, adapt, adjust, attempt, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, test, try, try on, tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | akomodi, helpi (aid, assist, help), gastigi (entertain, put up), fini (end, finish, terminate), fari servon, doni loĝejon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | laga eftir, hjálpa (abet, aid, assist, contribute, help), enda (end, finish, terminate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | auttaa (aid, assist, be of use, help, lend a hand, remedy, support, to help), lopetta (end, finish, terminate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | terminer (achieve), finir, cesser, ajuster. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | dien meitsje (end, finish, terminate), besljochtsje (end, finish, terminate), ôfmeitsje (end, finish, terminate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | anpassen (accommodate, adapt, adjust, attune, blend in, bring into line, fit, fit on, fix, key, match, modulate, mount, place, readjust, re-adjust, suit, take one's measure for, to acclimatize, to adapt, to assimilate, to modulate, tune), anbequemen, helfen (abet, aid, aiding, assist, avail, be of help to, cure, give a hand, help, lend a hand, relieve, to aid, to assist, to avail, to lend a hand, to second), gastieren (entertain, put up), erledigen (attend, carry out, crank through, deal with, dispatch, do in, end, finish, finish off, get through with, handle, knock out, process, release, ruin, see to, settle, shatter, take care of, terminate, to attend, to deal with, to dispose, to finish, to see to, to take care of, wear out), endigen (come to an end, end, end up, expire, finish, terminate), enden (cease, come to an end, end, end up, ends, expire, finish, run out, terminate, to conclude (with), to end, upshots, wind up), beschließen (choose, conclude, decide, decide on, determine, end, end off, establish, finish, fix, resolve, terminate, to conclude, to determine, vote in, wind up), beistehen (abet, aid, assist, help, see through, stand by), beispringen (aid, assist, help), beherbergen (accommodate, entertain, give shelter to, Harbor, harbour, house, Lodge, put up, take in), beendigen (end, finish, terminate, to end, to finish), beenden (adjourn, be at the end of one's tether, bring to an end, cancel, cease, complete, conclude, determine, discontinue, end, exit, finalize, finish, serve out, stop, terminate, to break up, to conclude, to determine, to finalize, to finish, to finite, to truncate, unquote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | segít (abet, aid, assist, help, lean, minister, relieve, succor, succour, support, sustain, to aid, to assist, to avail, to back up, to bear a hand, to help, to lend a hand, to minister, to stead, to succour, to support). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | hjálpa (aid, assist, help). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menyesuaikan (accomplish, adapt), menampung (store), memuat (lade, load). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aiutare (abet, aid, assist, befriend, help, help each other, help oneself, relieve, render, see through, stimulate, succor, succour, support, to help), terminare (come out, conclude, end, finish, pull off, terminate), finire (accomplish, cease, close, complete, conclude, do, end, expire, finish, get to, kill, pass, run out, sell out, spend, stop, terminate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 行在所 (temporary lodging built to accomodate an Imperial visit), 行宮 (temporary lodging built to accomodate an Imperial visit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あ"ぐう (temporary lodging built to accomodate an Imperial visit), あ"ざいしょ (temporary lodging built to accomodate an Imperial visit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | bantu ... membantu (aid, assist, cooperate, co-operate, help). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | hjelpe (abet, aid, assist, help). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | asistí (abet, aid, assist, attend, be present, help, witness), akomodá, yuda (abet, aid, assist, help), terminá (end, finish, terminate), kaba (end, finish, terminate), finalisá (end, finish, terminate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | accomodateay pomagać, kończyć. (various references) auxiliar (accessorial, adjunct, adjuvant, aid, ancillary, assist, assistant, auxilary, auxiliary, avail, back, cad, candle-holder, favor, favour, friend, hand, handy man, help, helper, lend a hand, minister, ministerial, patronize, preventer, protect, relieve, second, secondary, subsidiary, succor, succour, support), arranjar (achieve, acquire, adjust, arrange, calculate, catch, collate, curry, do, do up, dress, fare, figure out, filibeg, find, fix, fix up, get, lay, lay out, make, nib, obtain, order, organize, patch, pick, pick up, pitch, place, prepare, procure, put in order, remake, schedule, settle, size, square up, tidy, titivate, to arrange, trim), ajustar (adapt, adjust, agree on, attune, bargain, close, compromise, contract, fettle, fit, fix, level, make a contract, make up, mount, place, put right, put up, rectify, regulate, settle, suit, tune), ajudar (abet, aid, assist, avail, back, befriend, benefit, encourage, further, help, lend a hand, minister, pilot, relieve, serve, subserve, succor, succour, support, to help), adaptar (acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adapt, adjust, attemper, attune, calculate, fashion, figure out, fit out, naturalize, place, proportion, put right, put up, straighten out, suit, tune), acomodar (accommodate, accommodating, adapt, arrange, attemper, attune, berth, compose, contain, have room for, have space for, locate, place, put up, settle, tune), acabar (buzz, carry through, cease, come to an end, conclude, consummate, end, expire, finish, phase out, round, squelch, terminate), terminar (close, come to an end, cut off, discontinue, end, end up, expire, finish, finish off, get through, nail down, pull the plug, squelch, stop, terminate), socorrer (help, relieve, rescue, succor, succour), hospedar (accept, board, entertain, hand in, house, lodge, put up, receive), finalizar (conclude, end, finalize, finish, phase out, terminate, tie up loose ends), encerrar (chamber, close, closet, coffin, contain, embay, encase, enclose, finish, girdle, hoop, imply, impound, incase, inclose, lock, lock in, mure, shut, shut in, shut up, terminate, wind up). (various references) ajuta (abet, advantage, aid, answer, assist, avail, back up, befriend, benefit, carry, carry through, comfort, encourage, fillip, help, minister to, promote, prop, push, relieve, second, serve, succor, succour, support, sustain), termina (accomplish, achieve, bring to an end, clear up, close, complete, conclude, do, end, finish, get over, have done, liquidate, mop up, pack it in, shoot away, spend, stop, terminate, wind up). (various references) cuidich (aid, assist, help). (various references) terminar (break, break off, call it a day, close up, come, complete, conclude, discontinue, dispose of, end, end up, expire, finish, finish off, follow up, go out, leave off, let up, sign off, stay, stop, terminate, throw over), servir (answer, attend, bear arms, bring in, dish up, do, help, issue, pour out, put on, serve, serve up, wait, wait at table, wait on, wait upon), ayudar (abet, advance, aid, assist, befriend, boost, dole, Favor, favour, help, help along, help out, help smb. out, lean, lend a hand, pull up, subserve, support, tide over), concluir (close, come, complete, conclude, dispose of, end, finish, infer, lock, terminate, tie up, top off, wind up), adaptar (accommodate, adapt, adjust, affiliate, apply, arrange, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, put up, scale, suit, tune), acomodar (accommodate, adapt, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, put up, suit, tune, usher in), acabar (accomplish, break off, come, complement, complete, discontinue, eat up, end, expire, finish, follow up, get over, give over, go out, hole, knock off, land, leave off, let up, play out, round off, terminate, throw over, top off, use up, wash out, waste, wind up, work out). (various references) asisteri (abet, aid, assist, help), yepi (abet, aid, assist, help), stanbay (abet, aid, assist, help), lepi (abet, aid, assist, help, mature, ripe, ripen). (various references) hjälpa (aid, assist, be helped, befriend, Favor, favour, forward, help, minister, relieve, serve, succour, support), fullborda (accomplish, complete, consummate, end, finalize, finish, fulfil, fulfill, terminate), biträda (accede, accede to, aid, assist, help, support), ända (all the same, bit, butt, conclusion, end, ending, fag end, finish, heel, piece, posterior, rear, right, switch, terminate, termination, tip). (various references) bítírmek (end, finish, terminate). (various references) яerleюdirmek (lay). (various references) aantik (aid, assist, help), ts'oksik (end, finish, terminate). (various references) -siza (abet, aid, assist, help), -qeda (complete, end, finish, terminate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adiutare, adiuvare, iuvare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-m-o-o-t" | |
-3 letters: coacted, cocomat. | |
-4 letters: caeoma, coated, comade, comate, comedo, decoct, macaco, moated, mooted, tomcod. | |
-5 letters: aceta, acted, cacao, cadet, caeca, cameo, coact, cocoa, codec, comae, comet, comte, cooed, coted, maced, mated, mecca, mooed, octad, tamed. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-m-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: accommodate. | |
+2 letters: accommodated, accommodates. | |
+3 letters: accommodative. | |
+4 letters: unaccommodated. | |
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