Conform Definition

kən-fôrm
conformed, conforming, conforms
verb
conformed, conforming, conforms
To be or become the same or similar.
Webster's New World
To be or act in accord with a set of standards, expectations, or specifications.
A computer that conforms with the manufacturer's advertising claims; students learning to conform to school safety rules.
American Heritage
To bring into harmony or agreement; adapt.
Webster's New World
To make the same or similar.
To conform one's idea to another's.
Webster's New World
To behave in a conventional way, esp. in accepting without question customs, traditions, prevailing opinion, etc.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Conform

  • Middle English conformen from Old French conformer from Latin cōnfōrmāre to shape after com- com- fōrmāre to shape (from fōrma shape)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English conformen, from Old French conformer, from Latin conformāre (“to mould, to shape after”)

    From Wiktionary

Conform Sentence Examples

  • You must conform to the school's rules, or else you will get detention.

  • Aria tried her hardest to conform to the group of girls around her, but never seemed to succeed.

  • I am but too ready to conform to them.

  • They didn't like the new design but the engineers had to conform to the plan that the architect gave them.

  • That is, the instructions and assembler directives all conform to the standard required by the assembler.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

MRMORM

Unscrambles

conform

Words Starting With C and Ending With M

Starts With C & Ends With MStarts With CO & Ends With MStarts With C & Ends With RM

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With M
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