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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

entgegenkommend

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩ˌkɔmɛnt

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Accommodative/əˈkɒm.ə.deɪ.tɪv/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Bank verfolgt eine entgegenkommende Geldpolitik."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Tending to fit, adapt, or adjust to circumstances, or willing to oblige and help others.

    "The company took an accommodative approach to meet the diverse needs of its employees."
  2. 2

    Relating to economic or monetary policy that lowers interest rates and increases the money supply to stimulate growth.

    "Central banks maintained an accommodative monetary policy to support the recovering market."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'accommodare' (meaning to fit, adapt, or adjust), formed from 'ad-' (to) and 'commodus' (convenient, fitting). Entering English in the 19th century, the term evolved from physiological and financial contexts to describe any policy, person, or system willing to fit in, adapt, or make allowances for others.

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