accommodate [ a·cco·mmo·date ]
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1. (of a building or other area) provide lodging or sufficient space for.
the cottages accommodate up to six people
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2. Fit in with the wishes or needs of.
any language must accommodate new concepts
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3. (accommodate to) Adapt to.
making users accommodate to the realities of today's marketplace
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1. Mid 16th century from Latin accommodat- ‘made fitting’, from the verb accommodare, from ad- ‘to’ + commodus ‘fitting’.

