accommodate

contenere, ospitare

Avere spazio sufficiente per contenere persone o cose.

In inglese semplice: If something can hold people or things, it has enough space for them.

• This hall can accommodate two hundred people.
• The garage accommodates both cars easily.
• Can the shelves accommodate these larger books?

Sinonimi: hold, fit

Espressioni comuni: accommodate ten people, accommodate more seats

accontentare, soddisfare

Organizzare le cose in modo da soddisfare i bisogni o i desideri di qualcuno.

In inglese semplice: If you help someone in this way, you arrange things to meet their needs or wishes.

• We can accommodate your request.
• The teacher accommodated her need for extra time.
• Can you accommodate customers with food allergies?

Sinonimi: help, assist, oblige

Espressioni comuni: accommodate someone, accommodate special needs

alloggiare, ospitare

Fornire alle persone un posto dove vivere, soggiornare o lavorare.

In inglese semplice: If a place houses people, it gives them somewhere to live, stay, or work.

• The hotel can accommodate your family.
• The college accommodated students in nearby houses.
• Temporary cabins accommodate workers during the summer.

Sinonimi: house, lodge

Espressioni comuni: accommodate guests, accommodate students

adattare, adattarsi

Cambiare se stessi o qualcosa per adeguarsi a una situazione nuova.

In inglese semplice: To change yourself or something so that it fits a new situation.

• We must accommodate ourselves to these changes.
• He accommodated his routine to the new timetable.
• They gradually accommodated themselves to life abroad.

Come si usa: accommodate oneself to something (She had to accommodate herself to the slower pace.)

Sinonimi: adapt, adjust

Espressioni comuni: accommodate oneself to something, accommodate something to something

adattare, far corrispondere

Interpretare un’affermazione o un insegnamento in modo che corrisponda a determinati fatti o eventi.

In inglese semplice: To explain a statement or teaching in a way that makes it fit particular facts or events.

• They accommodate the teaching to modern circumstances.
• The scholar accommodated the passage to known historical events.
• She tried to accommodate his statement to the facts.

Come si usa: accommodate something to something (He accommodated the ancient prophecy to recent events.)

Sinonimi: adapt, fit

Espressioni comuni: accommodate prophecy to events, accommodate teachings to circumstances