to accommodate oneself to circumstances

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• accommodate — accommodable, /euh kom euh deuh beuhl/, adj. /euh kom euh dayt /, v., accommodated, accommodating. v.t. 1. to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige; to accommodate a friend. 2. to provide suitably; supply (usually fol. by with): to accommodate a… …   Universalium

• accommodate — [c]/əˈkɒmədeɪt / (say uh komuhdayt) verb (accommodated, accommodating) –verb (t) 1. to do a kindness or a favour to; oblige: to accommodate a friend. 2. to provide with lodging, sometimes including food. 3. to make suitable or consistent; adapt:… …  

• accommodate — ac•com•mo•date [[t]əˈkɒm əˌdeɪt[/t]] v. dat•ed, dat•ing 1) to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige 2) to provide suitably; supply 3) to lend money to 4) to provide with a room or other accommodations 5) to have or make room for: This elevator… …   From formal English to slang

• be all things to all men — 1. To alter one s approach, behaviour, attitude, etc to suit the person one is dealing with 2. To be (usu excessively) affable • • • Main Entry: ↑all be all things to all men 1. To meet each person on his or her own ground, accommodate oneself to …   Useful english dictionary

• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

• NEW YORK CITY — NEW YORK CITY, foremost city of the Western Hemisphere and largest urban Jewish community in history; pop. 7,771,730 (1970), est. Jewish pop. 1,836,000 (1968); metropolitan area 11,448,480 (1970), metropolitan area Jewish (1968), 2,381,000… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Enlightenment (The Scottish) — The Scottish Enlightenment M.A.Stewart INTRODUCTION The term ‘Scottish Enlightenment’ is used to characterize a hundred years of intellectual and cultural endeavour that started around the second decade of the eighteenth century. Our knowledge of …   History of philosophy

• Indian philosophy — Any of the numerous philosophical systems developed on the Indian subcontinent, including both orthodox (astika) systems, namely, the Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mimamsa, and Vedanta schools of philosophy, and unorthodox (nastika) systems …   Universalium