CONFORM TO

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does conform to mean? 

• CONFORM TO (verb)
  The verb CONFORM TO has 3 senses:

1. observe

2. behave in accordance or in agreement with

3. fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction

  Familiarity information: CONFORM TO used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONFORM TO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Observe

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

conform to the rules

Hypernyms (to "conform to" is one way to...):

abide by; comply; follow (act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Antonym:

violate (fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Behave in accordance or in agreement with

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

conform to; follow

Context example:

Follow my example

Hypernyms (to "conform to" is one way to...):

copy; imitate; simulate (reproduce someone's behavior or looks)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conform to"):

go by (be or act in accordance with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy

Context example:

meet a need

Hypernyms (to "conform to" is one way to...):

cater; ply; provide; supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conform to"):

answer (be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of)

appease; quell; stay (overcome or allay)

content (satisfy in a limited way)

feed on; feed upon (be sustained by)

allay; assuage; quench; slake (satisfy (thirst))

fill the bill; fit the bill (be what is needed or be good enough for what is required)

fulfil; fulfill; live up to; satisfy (meet the requirements or expectations of)

accommodate; fit; suit (be agreeable or acceptable to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

An ADaM analysis dataset that doesn't conform to the ADSL or BDS structure.

(CDISC Other ADaM Dataset, NCI Thesaurus)

Naturally! Yes, but we are not to conform to nature; I wish these girls to be the children of Grace: and why that abundance?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

This SDTM class contains a set of domains which do not conform to the Findings, Events or Interventions observation classes.

(CDISC Special Purpose Class, NCI Thesaurus)

A continuous amorphous substance that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container (i.e., a liquid or a gas).

(Fluid, NCI Thesaurus)

They must be registered with the Environmental Protection Agency and must conform to specifications.

(Fungicide, NCI Thesaurus)

Note 1: A semisolid is not pourable; it does not flow or conform to its container at room temperature.

(Gel Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

To make something conform to a standard; to remove useless or extraneous entries from a data set.

(Normalize, NCI Thesaurus)

An instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization.

(Exception, NCI Thesaurus)

CHAI Foundation is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization formed to fund biomedical research into promising avenues largely ignored because they do not conform to current group-think.

(CHAI Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)

It is especially so for a young boy of your disposition, which requires a great deal of correcting; and to which no greater service can be done than to force it to conform to the ways of the working world, and to bend it and break it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)