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conform

/kənˈfɔɹm/

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What does conform mean?

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.

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IPA pronunciation

/kənˈfɔɹm/

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They too conform to the principle of the same, and may be compared with the modern conception of laws of nature.
PlatoTimaeusTranslated by Benjamin JowettProject Gutenberg ebook #1572
“Master Land, we must conform to the rules on board, and I suppose our appetites are in advance of the dinner hour.”
Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #164
More book examples (3)
This is no cast-iron Scheme, forged in a single brain and then set up as a standard to which all must conform.
William BoothIn Darkest England, and the Way OutProject Gutenberg ebook #475
Grounds which conform to the instructed tastes of the latter-day upper class do not show these features in so marked a degree.
Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassProject Gutenberg ebook #833
It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.
Nathaniel HawthorneThe Scarlet LetterProject Gutenberg ebook #33