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English Dictionary: accommodating	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for accommodating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
accommodating adj helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating" Synonym(s): accommodating, accommodative Antonym(s): unaccommodating, unobliging obliging; willing to do favors; "made a special effort to be accommodating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accommodating \Accom"moda`ting\, a. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accommodate \Accom"modate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accommodated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accommodating}.] [L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare; ad + commodare to make fit, help; con- + modus measure, proportion. See {Mode}.] 1. To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances. [bd]They accommodate their counsels to his inclination.[b8] --Addison. 2. To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc. 3. To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings. 4. To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events. Syn: To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange.