accommodate meaning and definition

ACCOMMODATE verb

Definition of accommodate (verb)

1. be agreeable or acceptable to
   • "This suits my needs"
   • synonyms: fit, suit
2. make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
   • "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
   • synonyms: adapt
3. provide with something desired or needed
   • "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"
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"
   • synonyms: admit, hold
5. provide housing for
   • "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
   • synonyms: lodge
6. provide a service or favor for someone
   • "We had to oblige him"
   • synonyms: oblige
   • antonym: disoblige
7. make (one thing) compatible with (another)
   • "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
   • synonyms: conciliate, reconcile