ACCOMMODATE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Verb

provide with something desired or needed

Example: Can you accommodate me with a rental car?

Categories: Provide, Supply, Ply, Cater

Part of speech: Verb

have room for; hold without crowding

Example: This hotel can accommodate 250 guests; The theater admits 300 people; The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people

Part of speech: Verb

make (one thing) compatible with (another)

Example: The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories

Categories: Harmonize, Harmonise

The word "accommodate" comes from Latin accommodatus.

mode – A related word in the same word family.

Latin became the scholarly language of Europe for over 1,500 years, standardizing technical vocabulary.