conform
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.
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.
to comply with the usages of an established church, especially the Church of England.
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.
to make similar in form, nature, or character (usually used with to): Do not try to conform your partner to your ideal.
Archaic. conformable (def. 1).
Origin of conform
1Grammar notes for conform
Other words for conform
Opposites for conform
Other words from conform
- 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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How to use conform in a sentence
This pack’s genius is in the ultralight molded back panels, which have cushy pads and shoulder straps that conform to men and women from five foot four to six foot two.
Today, we further that discussion with a look at how the news media is incentivized to amplify conflict and conform to extreme ideologies, where fringe groups are emerging globally and how people can keep the fringes from winning hearts and minds.
The Governor’s office is bound by and conforms to those laws.
Alaska’s Attorney General Resigns Hours After We Published “Uncomfortable” Texts He Sent to a Younger Colleague | by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News | August 25, 2020 | ProPublicaWhether Abloh’s approach to design conforms to Kamprad’s democratic vision is hard to say.
Ikea promises ‘democratic’ design. Has its Virgil Abloh collaboration lived up? | claychandler | August 25, 2020 | FortuneMaynard conforms to the stereotype of the absent-minded professor in this and a handful of other ways.
A Number Theorist Who Solves the Hardest Easy Problems | Erica Klarreich | July 1, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
Certainly some people simply cannot stand to live alongside someone who does not conform to their views.
What It’s Like to Be an Atheist in Palestine | Waleed al-Husseini, Movements.Org | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn 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.
The University of Texas’s Machiavellian War on Its Regent | David Davis | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA title was added to the first page of this text to conform to the rest of the books in this series.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeHe must conform to the habits of the community, and not unreasonably disturb his neighbors, during ordinary working hours.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesIt is often easier as well as more advantageous to conform ourselves to other mens opinions than to bring them over to ours.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La BruyreAnd whosoever would not conform themselves to the ways of the Gentiles, should be put to death: then was misery to be seen.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousReligion but too often forms licentious, immoral tyrants, obeyed by slaves who are obliged to conform to their views.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean Meslier
British Dictionary definitions for conform
/ (kənˈfɔːm) /
(intr usually foll by to) to comply in actions, behaviour, etc, with accepted standards or norms
(intr usually foll by with) 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
Origin of conform
1Derived forms of conform
- conformer, noun
- conformingly, adverb
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