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1. Be agreeable or acceptable to
   "This accommodates my needs"
   - suit, fit
    
2. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
   "accommodate our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
   - adapt
    
3. Provide with something desired or needed
   "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"
    
4. Have room for
   "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"
   - hold, admit
    
5. Provide housing for
   "We are accommodating three foreign students this semester"
   - lodge
    
6. Provide a service or favour for someone
   "We had to accommodate him"
   - oblige
    
7. Make (one thing) compatible with (another)
   "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
   - reconcile, conciliate

Derived forms: accommodated, accommodating, accommodates

See also: accommodation, accommodative, accommodator

Type of: abide by, alter, cater, change, comply, conform to, domiciliate, fit, follow, harmonise [Brit], harmonize, house, meet, ply, provide, put up, supply, vary

Encyclopedia: Accommodate