- willing to help; kind; obliging
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ac•com•mo•dat•ing /əˈkɑməˌdeɪtɪŋ/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- eager to help or please;
obliging:The guide was very accommodating when we asked to see the old ruins.
ac•com•mo•dat•ing
(ə kom′ə dā′ting),USA pronunciation adj.
ac•com′mo•dat′ing•ly, adv.
- easy to deal with;
eager to help or please;
obliging.
- accommodate + -ing2 1610–20
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accommodating /əˈkɒməˌdeɪtɪŋ/ adj
ac•com•mo•date /əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], -dat•ed, -dat•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to do a favor to or for;
provide for suitably:accommodated both new and old customers. - [ not: be + ~ing] to have enough room or lodging for;
to make room for:The convention center can accommodate over 400 guests. - to adjust:She accommodated herself to the new rules.
- See contain.
ac•com•mo•date
(ə kom′ə dāt′),USA pronunciation v., -dat•ed, -dat•ing.
v.t.
v.i.
ac•com•mo•da•ble:
(ə kom′ə də bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
v.t.
- to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige;
to accommodate a friend. - to provide suitably;
supply (usually fol. by with):to accommodate a friend with money. - to lend money to:Can you accommodate him?
- to provide with a room and sometimes with food.
- to furnish with accommodations.
- to have or make room for:Will this elevator accommodate 10 people?
- to make suitable or consistent;
adapt:to accommodate oneself to circumstances. - to bring into harmony;
adjust;
reconcile:to accommodate differences.
v.i.
- to become adjusted or adapted.
- to become reconciled;
agree.
- Latin accommodātus adjusted (past participle of accommodāre), equivalent. to ac- ac- + commod(us) fitting, suitable (com- com- + modus measure, manner) + -ātus -ate1
- 1515–25
- 1. serve, aid, assist, help, abet. See oblige. 6. See contain. 7. fit, suit. 8. compose, harmonize.
- 1. inconvenience.
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accommodate /əˈkɒməˌdeɪt/ vb
- (transitive) to supply or provide, esp with lodging or board and lodging
- (transitive) to oblige or do a favour for
- to adjust or become adjusted; adapt
- (transitive) to bring into harmony; reconcile
- (transitive) to allow room for; contain
- (transitive) to lend money to, esp on a temporary basis until a formal loan has been arranged
'accommodating' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accommodation
- agreeable
- banquet room
- coadapted
- concourse
- elastic
- full-length
- oblige
- obliging
- two-seater
- whole-length
- work station
- shower stall
- sport
- superport