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conform Definition


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conform
verb
    intr
    conformed, conforming
    1. To behave, dress, etc in obedience to some standard considered normal by the majority.
      Thesaurus: comply, adjust, follow, adapt, obey, toe the line, accommodate, yield; Antonym: differ.
      Form: conform to something (often)
Derivative: conformer
noun
    Someone who conforms.
      Thesaurus: conventionalist, traditionalist, bourgeois, yes-man; Antonym: bohemian.
Derivative: conformity
noun
    The state of conforming to norms of behaviour
      Thesaurus: obedience, allegiance, yielding, submission, compliance, acquiescence, observance, orthodoxy.
noun
    The state of conforming with something else
Etymology: 14c: from Latin conformare to shape.

Phrasal Verb: conform to something
    To obey (rules, etc);To meet or comply with (standards, etc).
Phrasal Verb: conform to or with something
    To be in agreement with it; to match or correspond to it.


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