conform
verbEtymology
From Middle English conformen, borrowed from Middle French and Anglo-Norman conformer, from Latin conformāre (“to mould, to shape after”).
- derived from conformāre
- derived from conformer
- inherited from conformen
Definitions
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.
- The sensual man conforms thoughts to things; the poet conforms things to his thoughts.
- 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, [...].
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.
The neighborhood
- synonymcomply
- synonymgo along to get along
- synonymknuckle under
- synonymsubmit
- synonymblow with the wind
- synonymconform
- synonymfall in line
- synonymfall in with
- synonymfloat with the stream
- synonymfollow the crowd
- synonymgo with the flow
- antonymnonconform
- neighborconformance
- neighborconformation
- neighborconformer
- neighborconformism
- neighborconformist
- neighborconformity
- neighborgo native
- neighborwhen in Rome
- neighbordo as the Romans do
- neighboracquiesce
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at conform. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at conform. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at conform
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA