Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overaccommodate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-ac-com-mo-date
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be too accommodating towards.

Transitive verb

verb

To adjust the focus of the eye so that the image resolves at a point behind the retina.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodusnom. Latin commodum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin commodō Latin accommodō Latin accommodātusbor. English accommodate English overaccommodate From over- + accommodate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

overaccommodates (present, singular) overaccommodating (participle, present) overaccommodated (participle, past) overaccommodated (past) over-accommodate (alternative)

Questions

What does overaccommodate mean?
To be too accommodating towards.
Where does overaccommodate come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodusnom. Latin commodum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin commodō Latin accommodō Latin accommodātusbor. English accommodate English overaccommodate From over- + accommodate.

How to pronounce overaccommodate

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “overaccommodate”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “overaccommodate”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “overaccommodate” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.