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compliant Definition

com·pli·ant (-ənt)

adjective

complying or tending to comply; yielding; submissive

compliant Related Forms
com·pli′·antly adverb
compliant Synonyms

compliant

modif.

obedient, pliant, acquiescent, submissive; see docile, pliant2. See syn. study at docile.

compliant Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • legislation: We will help you stay compliant with the current legislation.
  • law: Agencies have only 12 months to ensure that their employment practices are compliant with the impending age laws.
  • regulation: Facilities for disabled drivers The new multi-storey car park is fully compliant with the official regulations for drivers with disabilities.
  • requirement: Ideally, all systems would be compliant with the latest Requirements for Accreditation.
  • guideline: Only 20 % of requests were fully compliant with guidelines.
  • directive: Any equipment compliant with that directive is unlikely to suffer or cause interference.

Modifying Another Word

  • fully: All existing clubs are assumed to be fully compliant.
  • legally: Ensure there is a legally compliant statement of terms and conditions.
  • environmentally: This makes the job of remaining environmentally compliant even easier.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • keep: This service is primarily designed to help people keep non-trading companies fully compliant with the law.

Modifies a noun

  • browser: Requires either a VRML Browser or a Java compliant browser.
  • metadata: Use of the guidelines can also assure that compliant metadata can be created for the Go-Geo!
  • repository: We will be harvesting metadata ( and full text where available ) of e-print records from OAI compliant repositories in the UK and abroad.
  • device: Most USB digital cameras can be mounted as drives to download their images directly to POSIX compliant devices.
  • workforce: New capital had been encouraged into selected areas of Wales only on the promise of a low-cost, low-skill, compliant workforce.
  • database: It can also be written directly to any ODBC compliant database.

Used with adjective complement

  • deem: The Agency must have received three monthly payments or six weekly payments for the case to be deemed as compliant for enforcement purposes.
  • remain: We also check sites regularly to ensure they remain compliant.
  • stay: We will help you stay compliant with the current legislation.
  • become: How difficult will it be for training organizations to become compliant?