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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)
noun
- Someone who conforms.
- Thesaurus: conventionalist, traditionalist, bourgeois, yes-man; Antonym: bohemian.
noun
- The state of conforming to norms of behaviour
- Thesaurus: obedience, allegiance, yielding, submission, compliance, acquiescence, observance, orthodoxy.
- The state of conforming with something else
Phrasal Verb: conform to something
- To obey (rules, etc);To meet or comply with (standards, etc).
- To be in agreement with it; to match or correspond to it.
