Antonyms for accommodates


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-kom-uh-deyt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkɒm əˌdeɪt


Definition of accommodates

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin accomodatus "suitable," past participle of accomodare "make fit, adapt, fit one thing to another," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + commodare "make fit," from commodus "fit" (see commode). Related: Accommodated; accommodating.
  • verb make room, lodging available
  • verb make, become suitable for something
  • verb perform service
Example sentences :
  • Have I the right to think only of what suits me, and accommodates itself to my caprices?
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • The present school-room was built in 1840, and accommodates sixty scholars.
  • Extract from : « The Forest of Dean » by H. G. Nicholls
  • Fifth, it accommodates all grades, including the high school.
  • Extract from : « The New Education » by Scott Nearing
  • In all cases, it accommodates itself to the existing bias of the mind addressed.
  • Extract from : « Popery » by Edward Hoare
  • The hall of the old palace now accommodates about thirty horses.
  • Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present » by John Timbs
  • I've only three wigs, and this one accommodates itself to so many periods.
  • Extract from : « Trelawny of The "Wells" » by Arthur W. Pinero
  • Next comes the Posada, which accommodates man and beast, but does not always profess to supply nourishment to either.
  • Extract from : « Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 1/2 » by Charles Rochfort Scott
  • It accommodates itself to the various influences, ignoring all obstacles.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Romain Rolland
  • An ample fireplace, with oven, &c., accommodates this room at the end.
  • Extract from : « Rural Architecture » by Lewis Falley Allen
  • The best artist is he who accommodates his diction to his subject.
  • Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 » by Various

Synonyms for accommodates

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