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compliant
[
k
uh
m-
plahy
-
uh
nt
]
Origin
com·pli·ant
/
kəmˈplaɪ
ənt
/
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[
k
uh
m-
plahy
-
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nt
]
Show IPA
adjective
1.
complying
;
obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way:
a man with a compliant
nature
.
2.
manufactured or produced in accordance with a specified body of rules (usually used in combination):
Energy Star-compliant computers.
Origin:
1635–45;
comply
+
-ant
Related forms
com·pli·ant·ly,
adverb
o·ver·com·pli·ant,
adjective
pre·com·pli·ant,
adjective
qua·si-com·pli·ant,
adjective
qua·si-com·pli·ant·ly,
adverb
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un·com·pli·ant,
adjective
un·com·pli·ant·ly,
adverb
COLLAPSE
Can be confused:
complacent
,
complaisant
,
compliant
.
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Compliant
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to utter by chattering or babbling
approval
approval
to utter by chattering or babbling
the use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions in order to mislead or hedge
to tear down; demolish or level to the ground; to shave or scrape off
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Collins
World English Dictionary
compliant
or
compliable
(kəmˈplaɪənt)
—
adj
complying, obliging, or yielding
compliable
or
compliable
—
adj
com'pliantly
or
compliable
—
adv
com'pliably
or
compliable
—
adv
com'pliantness
or
compliable
—
n
com'pliableness
or
compliable
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
compliant
1640s, from
comply
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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children are very easily led when they are young, because they thrive on approval and pleasing adults. They are just as easily led in their teen years, because they still seek the same two things: approval and the pleasing their peers. Strong-willed children are never easily led by anybody—not by you, but also not by their peers. So celebrate your child's strength of will throughout the early years...and know that the independent thinking you are fostering will serve him well in the critical years to come."
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