"accommodating" in the verb sense
1. suit, accommodate, fit
be agreeable or acceptable to
"This suits my needs"
2. adapt, accommodate
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
"Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
3. accommodate
provide with something desired or needed
"Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"
4. accommodate, hold, admit
have room for hold without crowding
"This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"
"The theater admits 300 people"
"The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
5. lodge, accommodate
provide housing for
"We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
6. oblige, accommodate
provide a service or favor for someone
"We had to oblige him"
7. accommodate, reconcile, conciliate
make (one thing) compatible with (another
"The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
"accommodating" in the adjective sense
1. accommodating, accommodative
helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
"the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"
"made a special effort to be accommodating"
2. accommodating
obliging willing to do favors
"made a special effort to be accommodating"
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