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Definition of Accommodating
1. Adjective. Helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation. "Made a special effort to be accommodating"
Similar to: Complaisant, Obliging
Also: Good-natured, Helpful, Kind
Antonyms: Unaccommodating
Derivative terms: Accommodate
2. Adjective. Obliging; willing to do favors. "Made a special effort to be accommodating"
Definition of Accommodating
1. a. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.
Definition of Accommodating
1. Adjective. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful; as an '''accommodating''' man, spirit, arrangement. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of accommodate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Accommodating
1. accommodate [v] - See also: accommodate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accommodating
Literary usage of Accommodating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue by Dartmouth College, Brewton-Parker College (1902)
"In the first class are: Reed Hall, with nineteen rooms in suites for two or three,
accommodating forty-four students; the Sanborn House, erected in 1894, ..."
2. The Ruin of Education in Ireland and the Irish Fanar by Frank Hugh O'Donnell (1902)
"THE accommodating PROTESTANTS I was for many years a Member of Parliament, during
which time I gave much time and attention to public education both in ..."
3. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1907)
"... but, like that great master, he possessed the happy faculty of accommodating
it to all possible circumstances, and did so with such unvarying success, ..."
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