conform
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conform
- /kənˈfɔːm/ UK
- /kənˈfɔɹm/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)m
Where it comes from
From Middle English conformen, borrowed from Middle French and Anglo-Norman conformer, from Latin conformāre (“to mould, to shape after”).
verb conforms · conforming · conformed
- To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative. There is a worm by Phoebus bred, By leaves of mulberry is fed, Which unprovided where to dwell, Conforms itself to weave a cell.
- To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior. [H]e had a dispensation for conforming in outward observances to the Protestant faith.
- To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy. In height and breadth it conformed to the prescribed measurements laid down by the rules of the contest.
Similar: comply, go along to get along, knuckle under, submit, blow with the wind, conform, fall in line, fall in with, hew, float with the stream, follow the crowd, go with the flow
