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Conform To

Definition: Conform To

Conform To

Verb

1. Of a condition or restriction.

2. Observe; "conform to the rules".

3. Behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Conform To

Synonyms: fit (v), follow (v), meet (v). (additional references)
Antonym: violate (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Conform To

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Assent

Verb: assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with; Adjective: go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to.

Conformity

Verb: conform to, conform to rule; accommodate oneself to, adapt oneself to; rub off corners.

Fashion

Follow the fashion, conform to the fashion, fall in with the fashion, follow the trend, follow the crowd; Noun: go with the stream; (conform); savoir vivre, savoir faire; keep up appearances, behave oneself.

Uniformity

Verb: be uniform; Adjective: accord with; run through. become uniform; Adjective: conform to.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Conform To

English words defined with "conform to": antisocial, asocial, Atticizeconventionalisation, conventionalization, ConventionalizwDean of guildexceptionFeudalize, fit, fluidGallicize, GrecianizeHebraizeJudaizenonconformist, normalise, normalizePapalize, Puritanizerecusant, renormalise, renormalize, rule of lawscan, Schism act, Socinianize, standardise, standardiser, standardize, standardizer, stylisation, stylization, syntax errorTo abide by, To strike in withunlawfulness. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Conform To

DomainTitle

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Conform To

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Positions of errant mines that broke away from moorings during the First World War and recovered in the North Atlantic between November 7, 1918, and February 9 , 1920. The apparent positions and motions of these mines conform to the model of circulation formulated by Prince Albert I of Monaco. Plate H. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 84. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Conform To

AuthorQuotation

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Infancy conforms to nobody: all conform to it, so that one babe commonly makes four or five out of the adults who prattle and play to it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Conform To

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Until a new convention shall have been concluded, Germany shall conform to the provisions of the Berne Convention and the subsequent additions referred to above, and to the current supplementary provisions. (reference)

Miranda v. Arizona

1966

Illinois, stressed the need for protective devices to make the process of police interrogation conform to the dictates of the privilege. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Conform To

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

These should conform to contemporary standards of design, implementation, analysis, and reporting. (references)

It uses special machinery that delivers tiny focused beams of radiation while it rotates around the patient's head. The beams continuously change shape and size to conform to the shape and size of the tumor while avoiding vital structures in the brain. (references)

Business

All products must conform to European Union standards and directives. (references)

Products must conform to applicable EU Directives before they can be sold in any EU country. (references)

EETE equipment being shipped into Greece must conform to the EU Regulations of Transportation. (references)

Civil Liberties

Samoa

Nevertheless, the authorities have indicated that they would conform to international norms if such cases should arise. (references)

Togo

In practice first-time offenders were imprisoned in spite of the former article, which was changed to conform to practice. (references)

Chad

The Chadian Superior Council of Islamic Affairs has long considered that the Faydal Djaria group does not conform to Islamic tenets and had requested the Ministry of Interior to arrest the group's spiritual leader, Ahmat Abdallah. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

Customs valuations generally conform to world standards. (references)

Barbados

The Articles of Incorporation must conform to the Companies Act. (references)

Turkey

The GOT is quickly adopting legislation to conform to EU directives. (references)

Human Rights

Central African Republic

The highest court is the Constitutional Court, which determines whether laws passed by the National Assembly conform to the Constitution. (references)

Egypt

While the Government has investigated torture complaints in criminal cases and punished some offending officers, the punishments at times do not conform to the seriousness of the offense. (references)

Korea

These persons reportedly were held incommunicado for up to 60 days after their arrest, subjected to extreme forms of torture, forced to make "confessions," and convicted after trials that did not conform to international standards for a fair trial. (references)

Minorities

Saudi Arabia

In some cases, children raised in other countries and in other religious traditions later taken by their Saudi fathers back to the country reportedly were coerced to conform to their fathers' interpretation of Islamic norms and practices. (references)

Political Economy

JAMAICA

Imported goods are expected to conform to the metric system. (references)

SPAIN

National regulations in the telecommunications sector now conform to EU directives. (references)

Trade

Egypt

The certificate must conform to the specific import control rules. (references)

Ireland

Packaged foods must carry labels that conform to Irish labeling requirements. (references)

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan's customs valuation rules largely conform to the WTO Valuation Agreement. (references)

Travel

Kenya

The GOK is keen to ensure that all imports conform to the stipulated technical specifications; any flaws detected could result in the withdrawal of the product from the market, prosecution of the manufacturer and the retailer/importer, or both. (references)

Worker Rights

Canada

The country also has assisted other governments in revising their criminal codes to conform to relevant international conventions. (references)

Ukraine

Although the Constitutional court suspended these provisions of the law, at year's end, the Rada had not passed legislation to make the law conform to the ruling. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Conform To

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797In this posture of affairs, both new and delicate, I resolved to adopt general rules which should conform to the treaties and assert the privileges of the United States.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Both officers and soldiers seem imbued with a proper sense of duty, and conform to the restraints of exact discipline with that cheerfulness which becomes the profession of arms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: Conform To

Expression using "conform to": conform to the laws of nature. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Conform To

Language Translations for "conform to"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

不符 (inconsistent, not agree or tally with, not conform to, not in agreement with), 不合 (be out of keeping with, be unsuited to, not conform to, ought out, should not). (various references)

   

Danish

  

voldgiftsudvalget er bundet af Domstolens afgoerelse af retlige spoergsmaal (the Arbitration Committee shall conform to any decisions on points of law given by the Court), manglende overensstemmelse (failure to conform, which do not conform to), korrigere afgoerelserne,saafremt de ikke er i overensstemmelse med kriterierne (to rectify any decisions which do not conform to the criteria), godkendt model (approved model, model conform to the approved prototype), enderne af de cylindriske beholdersvoeb bearbejdes saa at de svarer til skaerpningen af de rundgaaende soemme (the ends of the cylindrical bodies are machined to conform to the bevelling of the circular welding seams). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

indien het normale dwarsprofiel van de rijbaan plaatselijk wordt uitgebreid met extra rijstroken(uitrij-en invoegstroken,opstelstroken voor linksafslaand verkeer in de middenberm)dan worden de kantstroken of kantmarkeringen langs de buitenzijde van de ald (if additional lanes are provided parallel to the normal carriageway(deceleration and acceleration lanes, left-turn lanes(UK and IRL:right-turn lanes)in the central reserve), the edges of the carriageway must be extended from the original cross section to conform to the widened cross section), goedgekeurd model (approved model, model conform to the approved prototype), geen overeenstemming (which do not conform to), de uiteinden van de cilindrische rompen worden voorbewerkt met het dog op de afschuining voor de rondgaande lasnaden (the ends of the cylindrical bodies are machined to conform to the bevelling of the circular welding seams), de besluiten herzien,indien zij niet aan de criteria voldoen (to rectify any decisions which do not conform to the criteria), de Arbitrage-Commissie is aan de door het Hof besliste rechtsvragen gebonden (the Arbitration Committee shall conform to any decisions on points of law given by the Court). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

viiste (bevel, chamfering, facet, lead, mitre, scarfing, starting taper, the ends of the cylindrical bodies are machined to conform to the bevelling of the circular welding seams), ne ovat keskenään yhdenmukaiset (they conform to each other). (various references)

   

French

  

si au profil en travers normal de la chaussée s'ajoutent des voies de circulation supplémentaires(voies de décélération,d'accélération,de tourne- -gauche sur le terre-plein central),les bords de la chaussée sont raccorder du profil en travers (the edges of the carriageway must be extended from the original cross section to conform to the widened cross section), rectifier les décisions si elles ne sont pas conformes aux critères (to rectify any decisions which do not conform to the criteria), non-conformité (non conformity, which do not conform to), modèle homologué (model conform to the approved prototype), les extrémités de tronçons de virole sont usinées pour préparer les chanfreins des soudures circulaires (the ends of the cylindrical bodies are machined to conform to the bevelling of the circular welding seams), le comité d'arbitrage doit se conformer aux points de droit arrêtés par la Cour (the Arbitration Committee shall conform to any decisions on points of law given by the Court). (various references)

   

German

  

zugelassenes Muster (approved model, model conform to the approved prototype), Nichtuebereinstimmung (failure to conform, which do not conform to), Muster,für das die Bauartgenehmigung bereits erteilt ist (approved model, model conform to the approved prototype), die Raender des Behaelterrumpfes werden den abschraegungen der Rundschweissnaehte konform vorgearbeitet (the ends of the cylindrical bodies are machined to conform to the bevelling of the circular welding seams), die Entscheidungen berichtigen,wenn sie den Grundsaetzen nicht entsprechen (to rectify any decisions which do not conform to the criteria), der Schiedsausschuss ist an die vom Gerichtshof gegebene rechtliche Beurteilung gebunden (the Arbitration Committee shall conform to any decisions on points of law given by the Court). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συμμορφώνομαι (abide, comply, comply with, conform, fall in with). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

aláveti magát a természet törvényeinek (conform to the laws of nature). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

memasyarakat (be socialized, conform to society's norm). (various references)

   

Italian

  

se alla normale sezione trasversale della carreggiata si aggiungono corsie supplementari(corsie di decelerazione,di accelerazione,di svolta)i margini della carreggiata devono essere raccordati alla sezione normale (if additional lanes are provided parallel to the normal carriageway(deceleration and acceleration lanes, left-turn lanes(UK and IRL:right-turn lanes)in the central reserve), the edges of the carriageway must be extended from the original cross section to conform to the widened cross section), rettificare le decisioni quando non siano conformi ai criteri (to rectify any decisions which do not conform to the criteria), modello omologato (approved model, model conform to the approved prototype), mancanza di conformit (failure to conform, which do not conform to), le estremit degli pezzi degli elementi cilindrici sono la vorati a macchina onde preparare gli smussi delle saldature circolari (the ends of the cylindrical bodies are machined to conform to the bevelling of the circular welding seams), il Collegio arbitrale deve uniformarsi ai principi di diritto enunciati dalla Corte (the Arbitration Committee shall conform to any decisions on points of law given by the Court). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(aim, apply correspondingly, associate, be proportionate to, correspond to, level, quasi, rule, semi, standard). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

じゅ" (10-day period, aim, apply correspondingly, associate, be proportionate to, chaste, correspond to, excellence, genius, innocent, level, order, pure, quasi, quasi-, rule, semi, semi-, standard, turn). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onformcay otay

   

Portuguese

  

ajustar-se (adapt to, suit). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

соответствовать инструкции (conform to instruction). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

si a la sección transversal normal de la calzada se le añaden carriles suplementarios (carriles de deceleración, de aceleración, de giro a la izquierda en el centro), hay que ampliar los márgenes de la calzada original para obtener un perfil transver (if additional lanes are provided parallel to the normal carriageway(deceleration and acceleration lanes, left-turn lanes(UK and IRL:right-turn lanes)in the central reserve), the edges of the carriageway must be extended from the original cross section to conform to the widened cross section), rectificar las decisiones cuando no concuerden con dichos criterios (to rectify any decisions which do not conform to the criteria), los extremos del cuerpo cilíndrico son tratados mecánicamente para preparar el chaflán de las soldaduras circulares (the ends of the cylindrical bodies are machined to conform to the bevelling of the circular welding seams). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

rätta sig efter (comply with, follow, obey). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Conform To

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-f-m-n-o-o-o-r-t"

-2 letters: comfort, conform, monocot.

-3 letters: croton.

-4 letters: conto, croft, croon, front, moron, motor.

-5 letters: coft, coof, coon, coot, corf, corm, corn, font, foot, form, fort, from, mono, moon, moor, moot, morn, mort, norm, onto, roof, room, root, roto, toom, toon, torc, torn, toro.

 Words containing the letters "c-f-m-n-o-o-o-r-t"
 

+3 letters: conformation.

 

+4 letters: conformations, nonconformist, nonconformity.

 

+5 letters: conformational, nonconformists.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Expressions
11. Translations: Modern
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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