American English pronunciation
How to pronounce accommodated
IPA transcription: [ə'kɑmə,deɪtəd]
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Verb
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be agreeable or acceptable to
“This suits my needs”
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make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
“Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country”
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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”
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provide with something desired or needed
“Can you accommodate me with a rental car?”
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make (one thing) compatible with (another)
“The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories”
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provide housing for
“We are lodging three foreign students this semester”
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provide a service or favor for someone
“We had to oblige him”
Usage examples
- The first floor accommodated the costume department and office.
- Patients will be accommodated in single rooms, and four-bed bays.
- This allows large trading floors to be accommodated, each with a floorplate.
- It can be accommodated by keeping the board overlong to allow later trimming.
- Recreational needs were accommodated in a social hall and the Eclipse Pavilion.
- Patients will be accommodated in single rooms, and four-bed bays.
- Now largely uninhabited, the islands formerly accommodated a refugee camp for Vietnamese boat people.
- Oderin is horse-shoe-shaped and its sheltered harbour once accommodated many of Easton's ships.
- A group of traditionalist Catholics was thus accommodated fully within the Catholic Church.
- Campers can be accommodated in tents, yurts, tree houses or cabin units.