Dictionary entry details
• ACCOMMODATE (verb)
Meaning:
Be agreeable or acceptable to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
accommodate; fit; suit
Context example:
This suits my needs
Hypernyms (to "accommodate" is one way to...):
conform to; fit; meet (satisfy a condition or restriction)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
adapt; accommodate
Context example:
Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country
Hypernyms (to "accommodate" is one way to...):
alter; change; vary (make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accommodate"):
adjust (make correspondent or conformable)
transcribe (rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended)
electrify; wire (equip for use with electricity)
naturalise; naturalize (adopt to another place)
Christianize (adapt in the name of Christianity)
cultivate; domesticate; naturalise; naturalize; tame (adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment)
domesticate; tame (make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans)
shoehorn; tailor (make fit for a specific purpose)
anglicise; anglicize (make English in appearance)
fit (insert or adjust several objects or people)
gear; pitch (set the level or character of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Provide with something desired or needed
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context example:
Can you accommodate me with a rental car?
Hypernyms (to "accommodate" is one way to...):
cater; ply; provide; supply (provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Meaning:
Have room for; hold without crowding
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
accommodate; admit; hold
Context examples:
This hotel can accommodate 250 guests / The theater admits 300 people / The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accommodate"):
sleep (be able to accommodate for sleeping)
house (contain or cover)
seat (be able to seat)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Provide housing for
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
lodge; accommodate
Context example:
We are lodging three foreign students this semester
Hypernyms (to "accommodate" is one way to...):
domiciliate; house; put up (provide housing for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accommodate"):
billet; canton; quarter (provide housing for (military personnel))
keep (supply with room and board)
barrack (lodge in barracks)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Provide a service or favor for someone
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
oblige; accommodate
Context example:
We had to oblige him
Hypernyms (to "accommodate" is one way to...):
abide by; comply; follow (act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make compatible with
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
reconcile; conciliate; accommodate
Context example:
The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories
Hypernyms (to "accommodate" is one way to...):
harmonise; harmonize (bring into consonance or relate harmoniously)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
