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# accommodate

verb (accommodate, accommodates, accommodated, accommodating)

«accommodate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To provide a place for someone to stay or live. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodate/#m1)
2. To have enough space for a number of people or things (the hall accommodates 200 people). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodate/#m2)
3. To help someone by giving what they need or changing plans for them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodate/#m3)
4. (formal) To get used to or adjust to something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodate/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths, capacity problems (each bus accommodates 40 pupils — how many buses for 130?). In travel and everyday life, hotels accommodate guests. In school, teachers accommodate different needs. Phrases: «accommodate guests», «can accommodate up to», «accommodate someone's needs».

### Examples

- The hotel can accommodate 100 guests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodate/#x1)
- Each minibus accommodates 12 children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodate/#x2)
- The hall accommodates up to 300 people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodate/#x3)
- We can accommodate you for the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodate/#x4)
- The teacher accommodated his request for extra time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodate/#x5)
- The new library can accommodate thousands of books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodate/#x6)
- "It's always one's duty to accommodate a traveller, they won't interfere with us." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodate/#x7)

### Note

Spelling trap: double «c» AND double «m» — ac-com-mo-date. Noun «accommodation» (UK uncountable; US often «accommodations»). In maths: if each bus accommodates 40 and there are 130 pupils, 130 ÷ 40 = 3 remainder 10, so you need 4 buses (round UP).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «accommodate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accommodate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«accommodate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/accommodate.html) on Mova free.