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accommodate

Meaning

To furnish or provide lodging or sufficient space for; to make fit or suitable; to bring into agreement or correspondence; to adjust.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The small inn, though cozy, struggled to accommodate everyone. We worried there wouldn't be enough beds for our large group. Thankfully, the kind owner found a way to make fit more cots, adjusting the rooms so all my friends could stay.

The tiny apartment was a problem. We needed to accommodate the unexpected guests, but there was barely enough room. We moved furniture, made a makeshift bed on the floor, and managed to accommodate everyone, finding a way to make it fit.

The old attic could barely accommodate all the inherited beekeeping supplies. Boxes overflowed, and the smell of beeswax and ancient wood filled the tight space. They'd have to rearrange everything carefully to fit the honey extractor and the spare hives.

The tiny clown car sputtered, trying to accommodate twenty-three clowns and a very surprised poodle. The driver, a man with rainbow suspenders, squinted, hoping to make fit all their honking noses. He just needed to adjust his steering wheel to bring their cramped chaos into agreement.

The giant, fluffy space hamster, Bartholomew, needed a new home. His old asteroid burrow was too small. Fortunately, the new cosmic burrowers had enough room to accommodate his immense fluff. They even added extra snacks to accommodate his picky eating habits.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The small inn's owner looked worriedly at the unexpected guests, but she found a way to accommodate everyone. She rearranged the furniture in the common room, managing to accommodate the extra travelers with makeshift beds, making sure each person had a place to rest.

The cavern was surprisingly deep. Our expedition team, usually so cramped, found we could easily accommodate all our equipment and even set up a small lab. The sheer size allowed us to adjust our plans, making the difficult terrain suitable for our needs.

The expedition had too many artifacts. They desperately needed to find a way to accommodate the collection. After much debate, they managed to rearrange the museum's main hall. This would accommodate the towering obsidian statues and the delicate porcelain fragments.

Our tiny apartment was a disaster. I finally convinced my roommate, Brenda, that we needed to accommodate a *few* more houseplants. She grumbled, but after I strategically placed a new fern to fill the awkward corner, she admitted it did make the room feel more suitable.

Barnaby's prize-winning rutabaga, affectionately nicknamed "Sir Reginald," was enormous. We needed a special greenhouse to accommodate its prodigious girth, which meant convincing the garden gnomes to accommodate Sir Reginald's demands for a personal sunbeam and a tiny, velvet throne.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The small apartment struggled to accommodate our growing family. We needed more room, not just for us, but for our belongings too. Every corner felt crammed, and we had to adjust our routines to make it fit.

The cramped apartment barely had room to breathe, but Sarah desperately needed to accommodate her elderly aunt. She pushed furniture around, trying to make space, a quiet hope that her small home could adjust to this new, necessary presence.

The emergency shelter strained, but the volunteers worked tirelessly to accommodate everyone seeking refuge from the sudden, violent dust storms. They found blankets, offered tepid water, and somehow managed to make space for each frightened soul, adjusting their own meager supplies to fit the growing need.

The tiny apartment had to accommodate a giant inflatable flamingo, a collection of garden gnomes, and Brenda's prize-winning sourdough starter. Miraculously, after some creative Tetris-like shuffling, they managed to make it suitable for both human habitation and the flamingo's flamboyant repose.

The interdimensional badger circus desperately needed to accommodate their newly acquired herd of sentient disco balls. They struggled to find enough helium-filled bouncy castles to furnish sufficient space for the shimmering orbs. Eventually, after much negotiation with a grumpy cosmic plumber, they managed to adjust the gravitational field to accommodate the dazzling, yet surprisingly clumsy, performers.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The small inn, though charming, struggled to accommodate the influx of weary travelers. They needed more rooms to provide adequate lodging, and the proprietor felt a pang of distress, wishing he could adjust the limited space to make everyone comfortable.

The burgeoning alchemical collective needed more space. Their extant apparatus, intricate and voluminous, demanded careful arrangement. Fortunately, the abandoned observatory, with its vast rotundas, could easily accommodate their needs, providing ample room to accommodate their experimental endeavors and their burgeoning personnel.

The elder shaman, with a weathered gaze that seemed to penetrate stone, agreed to accommodate the pilgrims. Their meager provisions would require careful rationing, yet his intent was clear: to find space for their weary bodies and ensure their spiritual needs were met, bringing their disparate customs into a singular, harmonious observance.

The prodigious octopus, Bartholomew, struggled to accommodate his burgeoning art collection within his abysmal grotto. He'd procured a plethora of avant-garde sculptures, but his benthic abode could barely accommodate a single, diminutive statuette. Bartholomew mused, perhaps he needed to adjust his spatial aspirations, or at least procure a larger dwelling to accommodate his prodigious artistic proclivities.

The beleaguered circus ringmaster desperately tried to accommodate the spontaneous eruption of sentient confetti, each shimmering fragment demanding its own miniature spotlight and a personal juggler. He prayed his makeshift velvet divans would suffice for the gluttonous, sentient glitter; otherwise, the entire operatic tableau threatened to devolve into a most egregious, sequined catastrophe of unmet expectations.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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