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Added 5 October 2026

accommodate

/əˈkɒməˌdeɪt/ verb

In Latin: accommodo Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about accommodate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
to accommodate ourselves to circumstances
To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
to accommodate differences
To provide housing for.
to accommodate an old friend for a week

adjective

Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.

Origin

First use appears c. the 1530s, borrowed from Latin accommodātus, perfect passive participle of accommodō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + commodō (“to provide, lend; to make fit, accommodate”), from con- + modus (“measure, proportion, limit”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix) (see English mode).

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