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Meaning & Definition of Accommodate in English

English

Accommodate

/əkɑmədet/

verb

1. Be agreeable or acceptable to

  • "This suits my needs"
synonym:
  • suit,
  • accommodate,
  • fit

2. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose

  • "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
synonym:
  • adapt,
  • accommodate

3. Provide with something desired or needed

  • "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"
synonym:
  • accommodate

4. 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"
synonym:
  • accommodate,
  • hold,
  • admit

5. Provide housing for

  • "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
synonym:
  • lodge,
  • accommodate

6. Provide a service or favor for someone

  • "We had to oblige him"
synonym:
  • oblige,
  • accommodate

7. Make (one thing) compatible with (another)

  • "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
synonym:
  • accommodate,
  • reconcile,
  • conciliate

Examples of using

This hotel can accommodate 100 guests.
This classroom can accommodate only thirty students.
The hotel can accommodate 100 people.