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accommodating   (TTS Sound)

The verb accommodate has 7 senses

• suit, accommodate, fit -- (be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs")


• adapt, accommodate -- (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country")


• accommodate -- (provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?")


• accommodate, hold, admit -- (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")


• lodge, accommodate -- (provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester")


• oblige, accommodate -- (provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him")


• accommodate, reconcile, conciliate -- (make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories")

The adj accommodating has 2 senses

• accommodating, accommodative -- (helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating")


• accommodating -- (obliging; willing to do favors; "made a special effort to be accommodating")