Meaning & use
accommodate
To provide someone with a place to stay, or to adapt something to meet a need or request.
See it in a sentence
The hotel can accommodate up to four guests in each family suite.
Our schedule was flexible enough to accommodate her request for an earlier meeting.
A note on using this word
Accommodate takes two Cs and two Ms, a common spelling mistake. It often pairs with 'to' or 'for' when it means to adjust.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To have enough space to hold a certain number of people or things.
The new stadium accommodates over sixty thousand fans.
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