Pronunciation
Verb
conform (conforms, present participle conforming; past and past participle conformed)
- (intransitive, of persons, often followed by to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.
- 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in Peveril of the Peak. [...] In Four Volumes, volume I, Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., OCLC 2392685 ↗, pages 5–6 ↗:
- [H]e had a dispensation for conforming in outward observances to the Protestant faith.
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, ch. 4:
- [B]y conforming to the dress and habits of the Gauchos, he has obtained an unbounded popularity in the country.
- (intransitive, of things, situations, etc.) To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline.
- 1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit, ch. 11:
- In height and breadth it conformed to the prescribed measurements laid down by the rules of the contest.
- 2006 22 Dec., "Judge Cuts Amount of Vioxx Award ↗," New York Times (retrieved 7 June 2011):
- A judge in a Texas widow’s lawsuit over the Merck drug Vioxx reduced a $32 million jury award to about $7.75 million on Thursday so that it conformed to state law.
- 1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit, ch. 11:
- (transitive) To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.
- circa 1710 Jonathan Swift, "Vanbrugh's House" in The Poems of Jonathan Swift (1910 edition):
- There is a worm by Phoebus bred,
- By leaves of mulberry is fed,
- Which unprovided where to dwell,
- Conforms itself to weave a cell.
- 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, ch. 6:
- The sensual man conforms thoughts to things; the poet conforms things to his thoughts.
- circa 1710 Jonathan Swift, "Vanbrugh's House" in The Poems of Jonathan Swift (1910 edition):
- (to act in accordance with expectations) acquiesce, comply, go along to get along, knuckle under, submit; see also Thesaurus:conform
- French: s'aligner
- Russian: соотве́тствовать
- Portuguese: conformar-se, estar em conformidade com
- Russian: согласова́ться
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