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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
accommodates, accommodating, accommodated |
| definition 1: |
to have room for, or to make room for.
容纳
The motel accommodates one hundred people.They accommodated the extra people by bringing in more chairs.旅馆可容纳100个人。他们带来更多的椅子以容纳额外的人。- synonyms:
- contain, hold
- similar words:
- carry, house, lodge, seat
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| definition 2: |
to provide with meals or a place to sleep.
提供食宿
Our friends said they could accommodate us for a few days.我们的朋友说他们可以为我们提供几天的食宿。- synonyms:
- house, lodge, quarter
- similar words:
- board, shelter
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| definition 3: |
to do a favor for; meet the needs of by changing one's own plans.
满足要求
The teacher always accommodates us when we need more time.当我们需要更多时间时，老师总是满足我们。- similar words:
- aid, assist, furnish, help, indulge, provide, serve, supply
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| related words: |
adjust, bed, feed, lend, qualify, quarter, receive, wait on |
| derivation: |
accommodative (adj.) |
The word accommodate
contains the following parts:
ac-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix ac-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before Latin roots beginning with hard or soft "c" or "q." See ad-.
Example words:
accelerate, accent, accept, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accident, accidental, acclaim, accommodate, accompany, accomplice, accomplish, accord, account, accumulate, accuracy, accurate, accuse, accustom, acquaint, acquire, acquit
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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