Accommodating

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Accommodating \Ac*com"mo*da`ting\, a.
     Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as
     an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Accommodate \Ac*com"mo*date\, 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.
        "They accommodate their counsels to his inclination."
        --Addison.
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     2. To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to
        compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate
        differences, a dispute, etc.
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     3. To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient;
        to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a
        loan or with lodgings.
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     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.
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     Syn: To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  accommodating
       adj 1: helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the
              warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors
              in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating" [syn:
               {accommodative}] [ant: {unaccommodating}]
       2: obliging; willing to do favors; "made a special effort to be
          accommodating"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "accommodating":
     accessible, accommodative, acquiescent, adapting, adaptive,
     adjusting, affable, agreeable, amenable, amiable, attentive,
     benevolent, benign, benignant, bribable, civil, complaisant,
     compliant, conciliatory, considerate, cooperative, corruptible,
     courteous, decent, deferential, delicate, fair, friendly, generous,
     graceful, gracious, heedful, helpful, hospitable, humble,
     indulgent, kind, kindly, lenient, meek, mindful, mindful of others,
     obedient, obliging, overindulgent, overpermissive, passive,
     permissive, pliable, pliant, polite, reconciled, regardful,
     resigned, respectful, solicitous, submissive, tactful, thoughtful,
     tolerant, uncomplaining, unresisting, urbane, yielding