ac|com|mo|date

ac|com|mo|date: ac|com|mo|date «uh KOM uh dayt», verb, -dat|ed, -dat|ing.

–v.t.

1. to have room for; hold comfortably: »This airplane is large enough to accommodate over 400 passengers.
SYNONYM(S): See syn. under contain. (Cf. ↑contain)

2. to help out; oblige: »He wanted change for a dollar, but I could not accommodate him.
SYNONYM(S): serve.

3. to supply; furnish: a) to supply with a place to sleep or live for a time, and sometimes with food as well: »Can the inn accommodate a party of five for two weeks?
b) to provide (a person) with a loan of money.

4. to make fit; make suitable; adjust: »We must accommodate ourselves to our changed circumstances. My eyes soon accommodated themselves to seeing objects in the darkness.
SYNONYM(S): fitdapt. See syn. under adjust. (Cf. ↑adjust)

5. to bring to harmony or agreement; reconcile: »He tried to accommodate the dispute between the friends.
SYNONYM(S): harmonize, compose.

–v.i.

1. to become adjusted; be adapted.

2. to settle differences; agree.

╂[< Latin accommodāre (with English -ate¹) < ad- to + commodāre make fit < com- with + modus measure]

–ac|com´mo|da´tor, noun.

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