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Meaning of over-accommodate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. To be too accommodating.
  2. To misadjust the focal point of the eye.

Examples

“I would much rather put it in the way in which we put it in our memorandum, which deals with, first of all, ascertaining what a person's housing needs are, finding a house which will accommodate him and his family — not over-accommodate or under-accommodate them — and finding one which is at a rent he can afford and which, in general terms, is in an area in which he wishes to live.”
“There are cases where some Moroccan women are unnecessarily cautious, careful and polite, trying either to under-accommodate or over-accommodate their use of address expressions on some occasions.”
“It is her job to neither over-accommodate nor under-accommodate the employees' needs.”
“This can be done by subtracting one-half the depth of focus from the stimulus to accommodation when the subject over-accommodated and by adding one-half the depth when he under-accommodated.”
“Actually, this is not generally true and one may under-accommodate or over-accommodate and still see clearly due to the depth of focus of the eye.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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