Accommodatable? Is it a word?

[Matthew_T]

Just writing a college assignment and I was going to use this as a word in a sentence. But it seems that a search on the internet raises some confusion about whether or not it is a word. Spell check doesnt seem to think so.

The sentence I am using it in: This is to get an idea of any repairs or costs which you might have to make on the property to make it acccommodatable.

In the mean time I have just replaced the word with accommodating.

Any insight to whether this is a word or not?

 

[buddha]

habitable?

 

[Chromatic]

No it isn't and what buddha said.

 

[Andy_R]

habitable?

+1

 

[MossCommuter]

Not habitable... a house trained cat might be "accomodatable". Habitable does not mean "able to be accomodated" which (admittedly without context) is what "accomodatable" would mean if "accomodatable" were a word (but it's not).

 

[Andy_R]

Not habitable... a house trained cat might be "accomodatable". Habitable does not mean "able to be accomodated" which (admittedly without context) is what "accomodatable" would mean if "accomodatable" were a word (but it's not).

hmm...the context to me means that you are looking at the costs involved in getting a property to a condition where it is fit for human habitation, so habitable would be the correct word. Accomodating meaqns something else totally and would be in the wrong context if used.

I would probably go with something like "This is to get an idea of the costs of any repairs which may have to be made on the property to make it habitable.

 

[Chromatic]

I'm with Andy R on this one.

 

[MossCommuter]

hmm...the context to me means that you are looking at the costs involved in getting a property to a condition where it is fit for human habitation, so habitable would be the correct word. Accomodating meaqns something else totally and would be in the wrong context if used.

So not only is it not a word, Matthew was using it incorrectly

Go with habitable in the context, Matthew

 

[Maz]

Any insight to whether this is a word or not?

Yes, it is a word.
Here's the Cambridge dictionary link.

 

[Red Light]

Its in the OED but it refers you to accommodable as the word to use:
accommodable, adj.

Pronunciation: Brit. /əˈkɒmədəbl/ , U.S. /əˈkɑmədəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Middle French, French accomodable (1564) < accomoder to suit
Capable of being accommodated; suitable.


accommodatable, adj.

Pronunciation: Brit. /əˌkɒməˈdeɪtəbl/ , U.S. /əˌkɑməˈdeɪdəb(ə)l/
Etymology: < accommodate v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier accommodable adj.

= accommodable adj.
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[Matthew_T]

Thanks guys, I will change it to habitable now then.

And very funny Maz.

 

[Maz]

Its in the OED but it refers you to accommodable as the word to use:
accommodable, adj.

Pronunciation: Brit. /əˈkɒmədəbl/ , U.S. /əˈkɑmədəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Middle French, French accomodable (1564) < accomoder to suit
Capable of being accommodated; suitable.


accommodatable, adj.

Pronunciation: Brit. /əˌkɒməˈdeɪtəbl/ , U.S. /əˌkɑməˈdeɪdəb(ə)l/
Etymology: < accommodate v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier accommodable adj.

= accommodable adj.
.

Hmmm...Very interesting. Thank you.

 

[Matthew_T]

Matthew - a tip...Over the years I have marked 1000s of student assignments (I was a business and management academic), go for the words that are in current use. Habitable seems fine but I'm not sure I have ever heard the word accommodatable. When I used to come across a rare word like this it always made me suspicious that the student had plagiarised sections of the assignment and then was trying to hide this by using a thesaurus to change key words. I'd then spend ages going through the assignment to see if this were the case and inevitably the student would get a lower mark. Just use words that are in use in everyday language, you'll keep your lecturers happy and get higher marks. Good luck.

Oh, by the way don't split infinitives, watch out for inappropriate use of capital letters and make sure you put apostrophes in the right place.....other things guaranteed to upset your marker. Hope I'm not teaching my granny to suck eggs.

Thanks, we have been told in depth about plagiarism so I am referencing all of my work correctly now.

I was writing as I speak, the section of text I was copying (and referencing) from a document on the internet and I was just changing the way it had been worded in order to show that I have put time and effort into my work and I am not just copying word for word.

 

[redcard]

Uh, so you were plagiarising?

 

[rollinstok]

Isnt this an habitually habitable and accomplished site which is more than accommodatable to most of the community