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ADAPT, ADJUST, ACCOMMODATE, CONFORM, RECONCILE mean to bring one thing into correspondence with another.

ADAPT implies a modification according to changing circumstances.

e.g. adapted themselves to the warmer climate

ADJUST suggests bringing into a close and exact correspondence or harmony such as exists between parts of a mechanism.

e.g. adjusted the budget to allow for inflation

ACCOMMODATE may suggest yielding or compromising to effect a correspondence.

e.g. accommodated his political beliefs in order to win

CONFORM applies to bringing into accordance with a pattern, example, or principle.

e.g. refused to conform to society's values

RECONCILE implies the demonstration of the underlying compatibility of things that seem to be incompatible.

e.g. tried to reconcile what he said with what I knew

verb with object

1. (of physical space, especially a building) provide lodging or sufficient space for:

〈建物･乗り物などが〉〈人･物〉を収容できる, …の定員である, 〈場所などが〉…分のスペースがある (!しばしばcan ～; 進行形にしない) ; 〈人〉を宿泊させる, 住まわせる

e.g. the cabins accommodate up to 6 people.

2. fit in with the wishes or needs of:

｟かたく｠ 〈要望･意見など〉に応える, 配慮する

e.g. any language must accommodate new concepts.

no object (accommodate to) adapt to:

｟かたく｠ ; 〖～ to A〗 A〈新しい環境など〉に適応［順応］する, 慣れる.

e.g. making consumers accommodate to the realities of today's marketplace.

accommodative |əˈkäməˌdādiv| adjective

mid 16th century: from Latin accommodat- ‘made fitting’, from the verb accommodare, from ad- ‘to’ + commodus ‘fitting’.