accommodate
/əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.02 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "to accommodate ourselves to circumstances"
- "IT is an old Obſervation, which has been made of Politicians who would rather ingratiate themſelves with their Sovereign, than promote his real Service, that they accommodate their Counſels to his Inclinations, and adviſe him to ſuch Actions only as his Heart is naturally ſet upon."
- "to accommodate differences"
- "to accommodate an old friend for a week"
- "My next stop is Oxford, which has also grown with the addition of new platforms to accommodate the Chiltern Railways service to London via Bicester - although, short sightedly, the planned electrification from Paddington was canned."
- "This venue accommodates three hundred people."
Etymology
Etymology tree 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 First use appears c. the 1530s, borrowed from Latin accommodātus, perfect passive participle of accommodō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + commodō (“to provide, lend; to make fit, accommodate”), from con- + modus (“measure, proportion, limit”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix) (see English mode).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/
- British English: /əˈkɒməˌdeɪt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
accommodates (present, singular)
accommodating (participle, present)
accommodated (participle, past)
accommodated (past)
accomodate (alternative)
more accommodate (comparative)
most accommodate (superlative)