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conform
[ kuhn-fawrm ]
verb (used without object)
- to act according to or be obedient to a rule or norm (usually followed by to ):
Every team must adopt and conform to league regulations.
Synonyms: consent, agree, yield
Antonyms: dissent
- to be in harmony or accord (usually followed by with ):
These results conform with those of similar studies done in the past.
- to act in accord with the prevailing standards, attitudes, practices, etc., of society or a group:
One has to conform in order to succeed in this company.
- to be or become similar in form, nature, or character (usually followed by to ):
Memory conforms to what we think we remember.
I love how these slippers conform to my feet.
Synonyms: tally, agree, correspond
Antonyms: differ
- to comply with the usages of an established church, especially the Church of England.
Antonyms: dissent
verb (used with object)
- to bring into agreement, correspondence, or harmony (usually used with to ):
We need to conform our corporate practice to the new guidelines.
Despite efforts to conform the data sets perfectly, some discrepancies will persist.
Synonyms: accommodate, adjust, adapt
- to make similar in form, nature, or character (usually used with to ):
Do not try to conform your partner to your ideal.
adjective
- Archaic. conformable ( def 1 ).
conform
/ kənˈfɔːm /
verb
- intrusually foll byto to comply in actions, behaviour, etc, with accepted standards or norms
- intrusually foll bywith to be in accordance; fit in
he conforms with my idea of a teacher
- to make or become similar in character or form
- intr to comply with the practices of an established church, esp the Church of England
- tr to bring (oneself, ideas, etc) into harmony or agreement
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Grammar Note
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Derived Forms
- conˈformer, noun
- conˈformingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- con·form·er noun
- con·form·ing·ly adverb
- non·con·form·ing adjective
- pre·con·form verb
- qua·si-con·form·ing adjective
- re·con·form verb
- un·con·formed adjective
- un·con·form·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of conform1
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Example Sentences
Certainly some people simply cannot stand to live alongside someone who does not conform to their views.
On his present trajectory, Putin shows no signs that he will conform to international legal and moral norms.
But the fun of reading Lennon is in his outright refusal to conform to expectations.
The book also refuses to conform to conventional novelistic style.
But an absence of niceties nor an unwillingness to conform is not a legitimate cause for impeachment.
A title was added to the first page of this text to conform to the rest of the books in this series.
He must conform to the habits of the community, and not unreasonably disturb his neighbors, during ordinary working hours.
It is often easier as well as more advantageous to conform ourselves to other mens opinions than to bring them over to ours.
And whosoever would not conform themselves to the ways of the Gentiles, should be put to death: then was misery to be seen.
Religion but too often forms licentious, immoral tyrants, obeyed by slaves who are obliged to conform to their views.
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