conform

[ kuhn-fawrm ]

/ kənˈfɔrm /

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verb (used without object)

to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to): to conform to rules.

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.

to be in harmony or accord.

to comply with the usages of an established church, especially the Church of England.

verb (used with object)

to make similar in form, nature, or character.

to bring into agreement, correspondence, or harmony.

adjective

Archaic. conformable.

Nearby words

confluence of sinuses, confluent, confluent and reticulate papillomatosis, confocal, confocal microscope, conform, conformable, conformal, conformal projection, conformance, conformation

Origin of conform

1275–1325; Middle English confo(u)rmen < Anglo-French, Middle French conformer < Latin confōrmāre to shape. See con-, form

SYNONYMS FOR conform

1 yield, agree, consent.

3 correspond, agree, tally.

7 adapt, adjust, accommodate.

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ANTONYMS FOR conform

1, 5 dissent.

3 differ.

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Related forms

con·form·er, nouncon·form·ing·ly, adverbnon·con·form·ing, adjectivepre·con·form, verb

qua·si-con·form·ing, adjectivere·con·form, verbun·con·formed, adjectiveun·con·form·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for conform

Certainly some people simply cannot stand to live alongside someone who does not conform to their views.
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On his present trajectory, Putin shows no signs that he will conform to international legal and moral norms.
Putin’s World Cup Picasso ‘Bribe’|Tunku Varadarajan|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the fun of reading Lennon is in his outright refusal to conform to expectations.
This Weeks Hot Reads: November 3, 2014|Nicholas Mancusi|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The book also refuses to conform to conventional novelistic style.
This Weeks Hot Reads: November 3, 2014|Nicholas Mancusi|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

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|DAILY BEAST
And 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|Various
His mother preferred to kneel, but admitted it was wise to conform to surrounding custom lest one forget in a public place.
Wilderness of Spring|Edgar Pangborn
Here below there are beings which perish because they cannot conform to the universal order.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 2|Plotinos (Plotinus)
His novels more and more now began to conform to his realistic theories.
A History of American Literature Since 1870|Fred Lewis Pattee
It takes the form of sneering at and condemning anything that does not conform to his own ideas.
Nonsenseorship|G. G. Putnam and Others

British Dictionary definitions for conform

conform

/ (kənˈfɔːm) /

verb

(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 inhe 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

Derived Forms

conformer, nounconformingly, adverb

Word Origin for conform

C14: from Old French conformer, from Latin confirmāre to establish, strengthen, from firmāre to make firm, from firmus firm 1

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conform

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verb (used with object)

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