Definition for

accommodate


Suitable; fit; adapted; accommodated.

To make suitable, correspondent, or consistent; fit; adapt: as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances; to accommodate the choice of subjects to the occasion; to accommodate a Latin word, in form or use, to English analogies.

To show fitness or agreement in; reconcile, as things which are at variance or which seem inconsistent; bring into harmony or concord: as, to accommodate prophecy to events.

To adjust; settle: as, to accommodate differences.

To supply or furnish; provide with certain conveniences; give accommodation to: as, my house can accommodate a large number of guests: followed by with when what is supplied is expressly mentioned: as, to accommodate a man with apartments; to accommodate a friend with money.

To suit; serve; convenience; oblige; do a kindness or favor to: as, he is always delighted to accommodate a friend.

Synonyms To suit, adapt, fit, conform, adjust, reconcile.

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