compliant
31
5.1
- adjective
- /kəmˈplaɪənt/
:
obediente
- In order to avoid penalties, the company must remain compliant with industry regulations.
- year-2000 compliant
- euro compliant
- Y2K compliant
So people are compliant with exercise when it happens in the morning.
- So people are compliant with exercise when it happens in the morning.
- You know the patient is quote, non compliant, right?
- And I, I just would never want someone who was compliant.
- He's giving you just enough that is keeping you compliant.
- Yeah, and just stay compliant because I know, listen, my luck is I'm going to get caught.
- And so it was simple enough that the more violence I could cause, the more compliant they became.
- They shouldn't have to be good, pretty, compliant, smart.
- So I'm now compliant to the women's debate.
- They're not the the same sort of needy, compliant, careful people.
- I, I'm, I'm not a compliant character.
Examples
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Those of you who refuse to be compliant will face the consequences.
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How much I can help you depends on how compliant you are.
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So people are compliant with exercise when it happens in the morning.
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I can make a stubborn person compliant.
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My client is compliant with international law, allowing his vessel to capture and sell the meat of 1,000 pilot whales per year.
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The version of Unix used was not Y2K compliant and would need to be replaced.
Academic text (2000) -
She's been very compliant.
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We're fully NSA compliant.
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The young faces of his students remained calm, compliant, politely bored, like the impassive faces of snowmen.
Fiction book (1990) -
The teacher appreciated that the students were compliant with the classroom rules.
Synonyms
45
1.0
Willing to do what someone in charge tells you
38
5.1
Willing to obey others and not argue
14
7.6
Too willing to obey and please people with power
1
8.4
Willing to accept rules or decisions without protest
1
4.3
Following accepted customs and rules of a group
1
7.0
Willing to do what other people want
Willing to follow rules and act like other people in a group
Following rules or standards that must be met
Willing to follow orders or requests
Very respectful and ready to obey someone in a formal way
Antonyms
Compounds
How Compliant
38
5.1
45
1.0
31
5.1
247
3.5
20
4.3
63
5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Compliant comes from com- ('with') plus pliant ('bending'), a root you also see in the common word apply. So to be compliant is to 'bend with' others—that is, to obey or go along with requests.