accommodate
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/icons/point.icon ADAPT, ADJUST, ACCOMMODATE, CONFORM, RECONCILE mean to bring one thing into correspondence with another.
ADAPT implies a modification according to changing circumstances.
e.g. adapted themselves to the warmer climate
ADJUST suggests bringing into a close and exact correspondence or harmony such as exists between parts of a mechanism.
e.g. adjusted the budget to allow for inflation
ACCOMMODATE may suggest yielding or compromising to effect a correspondence.
e.g. accommodated his political beliefs in order to win
CONFORM applies to bringing into accordance with a pattern, example, or principle.
e.g. refused to conform to society's values
RECONCILE implies the demonstration of the underlying compatibility of things that seem to be incompatible.
e.g. tried to reconcile what he said with what I knew
verb with object
1. (of physical space, especially a building) provide lodging or sufficient space for:
〈建物･乗り物などが〉〈人･物〉を収容できる, …の定員である, 〈場所などが〉…分のスペースがある (!しばしばcan ～; 進行形にしない) ; 〈人〉を宿泊させる, 住まわせる
e.g. the cabins accommodate up to 6 people.
2. fit in with the wishes or needs of:
｟かたく｠ 〈要望･意見など〉に応える, 配慮する
e.g. any language must accommodate new concepts.
no object (accommodate to) adapt to:
｟かたく｠ ; 〖～ to A〗 A〈新しい環境など〉に適応［順応］する, 慣れる.
e.g. making consumers accommodate to the realities of today's marketplace.
DERIVATIVES
accommodative |əˈkäməˌdādiv| adjective
ORIGIN
mid 16th century: from Latin accommodat- ‘made fitting’, from the verb accommodare, from ad- ‘to’ + commodus ‘fitting’.