accommodating

accommodating

English

Etymology

accommodate +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkɒm.ə.ˌdeɪ.tɪŋ/

Adjective

accommodating (comparative more accommodating, superlative most accommodating)

1. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful.
   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Richard DeLongpre: I have to say, we were surprised that Principal Gottlieb wasn't more accommodating.

     Judith Gottlieb: Oh, for God's sake, he's a child. I'm not gonna date him.

2. Pliable; easily corrupted.

Derived terms

• overaccommodating
• underaccommodating

Translations

affording accommodation

Danish: hjælpsom, imødekommende Esperanto: cedema, akomodiĝema German: entgegenkommend (de), gefällig (de), zuvorkommend (de) Hungarian: előzékeny (hu) Irish: áiseach (of person) Macedonian: пресретлив m (presretliv) Portuguese: acomodante Russian: приветливый (ru) m (privetlivyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: предусретљив Roman: predusrètljiv (sh) Spanish: acomodadizo (es) Turkish: uysal (tr), uyumlu (tr), yardımsever (tr)

Verb

accommodating

1. present participle of accommodate