conform

C1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /kənˈfɔɹm/ UK /kənˈfɔːm/ See IPA manual

Freq #22849

Meanings

1

verb
To behave according to accepted rules, standards or customs.

New employees are expected to conform to the company's dress code.
2

verb
To meet the requirements of a rule, standard or specification.

All the products must conform to safety regulations.

Verb forms

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Multiword verbs with conform

conform to Prepositional verb C1

to follow or meet a stated rule, standard, or expectation

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Synonyms

1 verb · to behave according to... adjust

More comply submit

Opposites

nonconform

Word family

Forms conformedconformingconformsnonconforming

Derived forms coconformconformabilityconformalconforminglyinconformmisconformnonconformnonconformingosmoconformosmoconformingoverconformpreconform

Related forms conformance conformation conformerconformismconformistconformity

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Simplified etymology

Conform entered English in the Middle English period with the sense “make like something else.” It contains form, which goes back to Latin forma “a mould or form.”

Etymology

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

conformen Middle English conformer xno conformāre Latin

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# conform

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /kənˈfɔɹm/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˈfɔːm/
**Frequency rank:** 22849

## Meanings
1. To behave according to accepted rules, standards or customs.
2. To meet the requirements of a rule, standard or specification.

## Examples
- New employees are expected to conform to the company's dress code.
- All the products must conform to safety regulations.

## Synonyms
- comply
- submit

## Antonyms
- nonconform

## Derived Forms
- coconform
- conformability
- conformal
- conformingly
- inconform
- misconform
- nonconform
- nonconforming
- osmoconform
- osmoconforming
- overconform
- preconform

## Related Forms
- conformance
- conformation
- conformer
- conformism
- conformist
- conformity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: conformen
- Root: conformer
- Root: conformāre
- Affix: con- - with

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

## AI Etymology
Conform is from Middle English conformen, borrowed from Middle French and Anglo-Norman conformer, from Latin conformāre (“to mould, to shape after”). Important historical forms include Middle English conformen, Anglo-Norman conformer, and Latin conformāre. In present-day use, it can mean to behave according to accepted rules, standards or customs, or to meet the requirements of a rule, standard or specification. Derived formations include coconform, conformability, conformal, conformingly, inconform.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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