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English verb: accommodate | |||
| 1. | accommodate (stative) be agreeable or acceptable to | ||
| Samples | This suits my needs. | ||
| Synonyms | fit, suit | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conform to, fit, meet | ||
| 2. | accommodate (change) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose | ||
| Samples | Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country. | ||
| Synonyms | adapt | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, vary | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adjust, anglicise, anglicize, Christianize, cultivate, domesticate, domesticate, electrify, fit, gear, naturalise, naturalise, naturalize, naturalize, orient, pitch, shoehorn, tailor, tame, tame, transcribe, wire | ||
| 3. | accommodate (consumption) provide with something desired or needed | ||
| Samples | Can you accommodate me with a rental car?. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cater, ply, provide, supply | ||
| 4. | accommodate (stative) have room for; hold without crowding | ||
| Samples | This hotel can accommodate 250 guests. The theater admits 300 people. The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people. | ||
| Synonyms | admit, hold | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | house, seat, sleep | ||
| Verb group | contain, hold, take | ||
| 5. | accommodate (stative) provide housing for | ||
| Samples | We are lodging three foreign students this semester. | ||
| Synonyms | lodge | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | domiciliate, house, put up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barrack, billet, canton, keep, quarter | ||
| 6. | accommodate (communication) provide a service or favor for someone | ||
| Samples | We had to oblige him. | ||
| Synonyms | oblige | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abide by, comply, follow | ||
| Antonyms | disoblige | ||
| 7. | accommodate (change) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | ||
| Samples | The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories. | ||
| Synonyms | conciliate, reconcile | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | harmonise, harmonize | ||
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