accommodating

UK/əˈkɒm.əˌdeɪ.tɪŋ/US/əˈkɒm.əˌdeɪ.tɪŋ/

adjectiveB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,490 of 15,258leans written

Accommodating means willing to fit in with what others want. An accommodating host, very accommodating, accommodating to a fault.

It is warm praise of flexibility and it can carry a hint that somebody gives way too easily. Note the spelling: two c's and two m's, which makes accommodate one of the most misspelled words in English; and that the Latin means to make fitting, from commodus, suitable.

Definitions of accommodating

1adjectiveaccommodatingWilling to fit in with what others want.B2+
“The hotel staff were very accommodating and let us check in three hours early.”
synonyms: obliging, helpful

accommodating is a quality of obligingness.

Where it comes from

Latin
accommodātus
English
accommodate
English, today
accommodating

Built from

ad- · Latin — to, towards, at
commodō · Latin — to provide, lend; to make fit, accommodate
modus · Latin — measure, proportion, limit

From accommodate + -ing. accommodate Borrowed from Latin accommodātus. First use appears c. the 1530s, Latin accommodātus, perfect passive participle of accommodō (see -ate and -ate), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + commodō (“to provide, lend; to make fit, accommodate”), from con- + modus (“measure, proportion, limit”) + -ō (see English mode).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire

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accommodating in the wild

In addition, the service is engaged in a wide range of other duties relating to the asylum and immigration area, including the task of accommodating asylum seekers.
Danish Immigration Service
In 2001, the parish is recorded as accommodating 324 people in 131 households over 687 hectares, increasing to 348 at the 2011 Census.
Toft Monks
Stands were erected on both sides with one of them most accommodating 6000 spectators.
Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
More than 400,000 people live in informal housing, with Windhoek, Rundu and Otjiwarongo accommodating the largest number.
Poverty in Namibia
There are three levels of vehicle decks capable of accommodating 350 trucks of 10 meters long.
China Revival

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Related words

the modus family

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