accommodating

Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful.

Adjective

  1. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful.
    • 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. - 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1,...
    • The staff were very accommodating and made sure we had everything we needed.
    • He’s always been an accommodating neighbor, offering to help with anything.
  2. Pliable; easily corrupted.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodusnom. Latin commodum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin commodō Latin accommodō Latin accommodātusbor. English accommodate English -ing English accommodating From accommodate + -ing.

Forms

more accommodating most accommodating

Derived

accommodating dependent accommodatingly nonaccommodating overaccommodating over-accommodating superaccommodating unaccommodating underaccommodating

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of accommodate