Over-accommodate
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of overaccommodate.; To be too accommodating.
"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."
- 2 Alternative form of overaccommodate.; To misadjust the focal point of the eye.
"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."
Example
More 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."
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