conform
Syllables: con·form/kənˈfɔːm/US/kənˈfɔɹm/
conform verb: to adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
Verb
conform (third-person singular simple present conforms, present participle conforming, simple past and past participle conformed)
- To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
- There is a worm by Phoebus bred,
By leaves of mulberry is fed,
Which unprovided where to dwell,
Conforms itself to weave a cell.c. 1710, “Vanbrugh's House”, in The Poems of Jonathan Swift, 1910 edition, Jonathan Swift - The sensual man conforms thoughts to things; the poet conforms things to his thoughts.1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, chapter 6, in Nature
- To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.
- [H]e had a dispensation for conforming in outward observances to the Protestant faith.1822, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, pages 5–6
- [B]y conforming to the dress and habits of the Gauchos, he has obtained an unbounded popularity in the country.1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Charles Darwin, chapter IV, in Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume...
- There is a worm by Phoebus bred,
- To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.
- In height and breadth it conformed to the prescribed measurements laid down by the rules of the contest.1919, Hildegard G. Frey, chapter 11, in The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit
- A judge in a Texas widow’s lawsuit over the Merck drug Vioxx reduced a $32 million jury award to about $7.75 million on Thursday so that it conformed to state law. […] But Judge Alex W. Gabert, in a Rio Grande City courtroom, ordered the punitive damage reduced to conform to a 2003 Texas law that...2006 December 22, “Judge Cuts Amount of Vioxx Award”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2022, retrieved 07 Jun 2011
conform meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
conform in Tamil
- நியமங்களுக்குக் கீழ்ப்படி, அவற்றை அனுசரித்து செயலாற்று, ஒவ்வச்செய், ஒத்துப்போ
conform in Urdu
- ہم آہنگ ہونا, حکم ماننا, ایک جیسا کرنا, تعمیل کرنا
conform in Bengali
- মেনে চলা, অনুরূপ হওয়া
conform in Malayalam
- സമരൂപീകരിക്കുക, അനുസാരമാക്കുക, അനുരൂപമാക്കുക, അംഗീകരിക്കുക, സമീകരിക്കുക
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- conform in Kannada
- ಒಪ್ಪು, ಪುದುವಾಗು, ವಾಡಿಕೆ ತಪ್ಪದಿರು, ಅನುಸರಿಸು
- conform in Sanskrit
- यत् yat
- conform in Vietnamese
- tuân theo
Examples of conform in a sentence
- When Nos. 1870 to 1879 emerged, in 1902, the circular front windows of the cab had given place to much larger windows, conforming to the shape of the cab roof on top and the firebox top below, [...].1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Salute to the "Claud Hamiltons" & "Directors"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 115:
- In any case, most of these sharks are gray or grayish, and they certainly are typical in that they conform to everyone's idea of what a shark is supposed to look like.1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 110:
- A judge in a Texas widow’s lawsuit over the Merck drug Vioxx reduced a $32 million jury award to about $7.75 million on Thursday so that it conformed to state law. […] But Judge Alex W.2006 December 22, “Judge Cuts Amount of Vioxx Award”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2022, retrieved 07 Jun...
Synonyms of conform
- acquiesce
- comply
- go along to get along
- knuckle under
- submit
- blow with the wind
- fall in line
- fall in with
- hew
- float with the stream
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Antonyms
Forms of conform
| third-person singular present | conforms |
|---|---|
| present participle | conforming |
| past participle | conformed |
| past | conformed |
Origin of conform
From Middle English conformen, borrowed from Middle French and Anglo-Norman conformer, from Latin conformāre (“to mould, to shape after”).
Words formed from conform
Words that rhyme with conform
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Questions about conform
- What does conform mean?
- Conform means to adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
- What is conform in Tamil?
- Conform in Tamil is நியமங்களுக்குக் கீழ்ப்படி, அவற்றை அனுசரித்து செயலாற்று, ஒவ்வச்செய். See Conform meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use conform in a sentence?
- When Nos. 1870 to 1879 emerged, in 1902, the circular front windows of the cab had given place to much larger windows, conforming to the shape of the cab roof on top and the firebox top below, [...].
- What part of speech is conform?
- Conform is a verb.
- How do you pronounce conform?
- Conform is pronounced /kənˈfɔːm/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of conform?
- The past tense of conform is conformed.
Words near conform in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: conform (page history and authors); conform (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conform (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conform (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conform (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conform (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); यत् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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