accommodating

English

Etymology

From accommodate +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkɒm.əˌdeɪ.tɪŋ/

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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

• accommodatingly
• nonaccommodating
• overaccommodating
• superaccommodating
• unaccommodating
• 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 and gerund of accommodate