"accommodate my plans" vs. fit my plans

[Kolombina]

English Synonym, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #63 "Synonyms for adapt", question 4

I don't want to ......... my plans to yours again!

(a) accommodate
(b) change
(c) fit
(d) transform

English Synonym, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #63 "Synonyms for adapt", answer 4

I don't want to accommodate my plans to yours again!

Correct answer: (a) accommodate

Your answer was: incorrect
I don't want to fit my plans to yours again!
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Explain to me, why accommodate?

Kolombina

[Yankee]

Hi Kolombina

My personal opinion is that the word 'fit' could also be used in this sentence. The meanings are similar. But the word 'accommodate' has the additional sense of doing or changing something for the benefit of someone else.

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English