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accommodate	If people accommodate other people, they help them in a way that is different from how they usually do things. They adapt what they are doing so that they can help these particular people. [1/3 definitions]
accommodation	a change that has been made to adapt a thing to someone's needs. [1/2 definitions]
adapt	When a person adapts to a new situation, they make changes in the way they think or the way they do things. They adapt so that they can live or be happier under new conditions. If a plant or animal adapts, it changes its body or behavior so that it can live under new conditions, such as having to live in a new place or in a different climate. [2 definitions]
adaptation	Adaptation is the process of adapting. When living things adapt, they change over a long period of time so that they can survive in new conditions and continue to multiply. [1/3 definitions]
adjust	to change or adapt. [1/3 definitions]
assimilate	to adapt and conform. [2/3 definitions]

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