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Accommodate| Verb | 1. | accommodate - be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"conform to, fit, meet - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" | | | 2. | accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"vary, alter, change - make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" adjust - make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness" gear, pitch - set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience" fit - insert or adjust several objects or people; "Can you fit the toy into the box?"; "This man can't fit himself into our work environment" anglicise, anglicize - make English; "She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London" domesticate, tame - make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" Christianize - adapt in the name of Christianity; "some people want to Christianize ancient pagan sites" naturalise, naturalize - adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting" electrify, wire - equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance" transcribe - rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended | | | 3. | accommodate - provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"cater, ply, provide, supply - provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" | | | 4. | accommodate - 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"contain, hold, take - be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" sleep - be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people" house - contain or cover; "This box houses the gears" seat - be able to seat; "The theater seats 2,000" | | | 5. | accommodate - provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"domiciliate, house, put up - provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" keep - supply with room and board; "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders" | | | 6. | accommodate - provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him"abide by, comply, follow - act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules" | | | 7. | accommodate - make compatible with; "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"harmonise, harmonize - bring into consonance or relate harmoniously; "harmonize the different interests" | |
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