compliant

C1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /kəmˈplaɪənt/ UK /kəmˈplʌɪənt/ See IPA manual

adj Freq #36328

Meanings

1

adj
Willing to do what others want; obedient and cooperative.

The suspect stayed calm and compliant when the officers arrived.
2

adj
Meeting the required rules, standards, or specifications.

The new building is fully compliant with fire safety codes.

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Synonyms

1 adj · willing to do what others... amenable biddable complaisant docile conformable

2 adj · meeting the required rules,... compatible conformant consistentin line

Word family

Derived forms compliancy compliantly incompliantuncompliant

Related forms compliance

Etymology

From comply + -ant.

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

# compliant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** kəmˈplaɪənt
**IPA (UK):** kəmˈplʌɪənt
**Frequency rank:** 36328

## Meanings
1. Willing to do what others want; obedient and cooperative.
2. Meeting the required rules, standards, or specifications.

## Examples
- The suspect stayed calm and compliant when the officers arrived.
- The new building is fully compliant with fire safety codes.

## Derived Forms
- compliancy
- compliantly
- incompliant
- uncompliant

## Related Forms
- compliance

## Etymology
From comply + -ant.

## AI Etymology
Compliant is from comply + -ant. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it can mean willing to do what others want; obedient and cooperative, or meeting the required rules, standards, or specifications. Related forms include compliance. Derived formations include compliancy, compliantly, incompliant, uncompliant.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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