Accommodated

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Provided a place to stay or room for something ; changed or adjusted to fit specific requirements or conditions
2. Offered lodging or sufficient space for use ; modified or adapted in response to particular needs
3. Supplied housing or made room available ; made suitable by adapting or adjusting to circumstances

Etymology: The verb "accommodate" was borrowed into English in the 1530s from Latin "accommodatus", the past participle of "accommodare", and its core sense is strikingly practical: to make things fit. The Latin verb was built from "ad-" ("to, towards") and "commodare", which meant "to make fit, to lend, to provide". That second verb grew from "com-" ("together") and "modus" ("measure, proportion, limit"), so at its root lies the idea of bringing things into proper measure with one another. That measuring sense explains the older English meanings. Early uses centred on adjusting one thing to suit another, and on supplying what someone needed, such as a lodging or a loan. The modern sense of putting someone up with a room comes from that idea of providing what fits a need. The later sense of adapting to circumstances follows the same logic: a thing is made to fit its situation.

Synonyms: adapted, adjusted, fitted, housed, provided

Antonyms: refused, rejected, disallowed, denied, excluded