English Explanatory Dictionary

conform

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
  2. To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.
  3. To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.

Pronunciation

/kənˈfɔːm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conform.wav /kənˈfɔɹm/

Word forms

conform conforms conforming conformed

Etymology

From Middle English conformen, borrowed from Middle French and Anglo-Norman conformer, from Latin conformāre (“to mould, to shape after”).

Synonyms

comply go along to get along knuckle under submit blow with the wind conform fall in line fall in with float with the stream follow the crowd go with the flow acquiesce

Antonyms

nonconform

Related words

conformance conformation conformer conformism conformist conformity go native when in Rome do as the Romans do

Derived words

coconform conformability conformal conformingly inconform misconform nonconform nonconforming osmoconform osmoconforming overconform preconform reconform thermoconform unconformed unconforming underconform

Translations

Finnish: sopeuttaa German: anpassen Middle English: conformen
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