CONFORM


Meaning of CONFORM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kənfɔ:(r)m ]

( conforms, conforming, conformed)

1.

If something conforms to something such as a law or someone’s wishes, it is of the required type or quality.

The Night Rider lamp has been designed to conform to new British Standard safety requirements...

VERB : V to/with n

2.

If you conform , you behave in the way that you are expected or supposed to behave.

Many children who can’t or don’t conform are often bullied...

He did not feel obliged to conform to the rules that applied to ordinary men...

≠ rebel

VERB : V , V to/with n

3.

If someone or something conforms to a pattern or type, they are very similar to it.

I am well aware that we all conform to one stereotype or another...

VERB : V to n

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