conform

C1 Topic:Law & Government

US /kənˈfɔɹm/ UK /kənˈfɔːm/ See IPA manual

verb 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.

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1 verb · to behave according to... adjust

More comply submit

Opposites

nonconform

Word family

Forms conformedconformingconformsnonconforming

Derived forms coconformconformabilityconformalconforminglyinconformmisconformnonconformnonconformingosmoconformosmoconformingoverconformpreconform

Related forms conformance conformation conformerconformismconformistconformity

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
- Law & Government

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