to conform
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3.2
- verb
- /kənˈfɔrm/
- And nobody was going to make him conform to any standard except that which he considered fair.
- conform to standards
- conform to expectations
- pressure to conform
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Watch on YouTubeAnd you know, if your child doesn't conform, then he's not a good student.
- And you know, if your child doesn't conform, then he's not a good student.
- But remember you conformed and said you agree with Joey.
- It's more about like I want the world to conform around my problems.
- Are they seeing gender non conforming behaviour?
- And they shrink to conform, to fit in with these small people around them.
- So I don't really have to conform, so to speak.
- It's just a matter of developing the habits to conform with the intellectual position.
- So women were more likely to conform than men.
- And so we're sending people out there to conform.
- That's right, the greatest defense was that he wouldn't conform.
- We're going to talk about what happens when you refuse to conform.
- So you're purging your mind and you're purging your emotions to conform with that demand for purity.
- This is a time of demonizing people who who didn't conform.
- And the more he is aggressive towards her, then the more she conforms to his wishes when he wants to mate.
- And which is great and is true, but human nature being what it is, people often conform.
Examples
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Look, straight people like us as long as we conform, we behave by their little rules.
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Indeed, the Reagan team framed no policies that conformed to its self-proclaimed global obligations.
Academic text (1990) -
Or I felt a sort of social pressure to conform and not rock the boat.
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Why do we have to conform to what you want?
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Once you conform, it's mostly not too bad.
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However, peer pressure to conform to gender expectations can be quite strong.
Academic text (2011) -
Accordingly, he is willing at times to conform to the conventional expectations of Congress and the public.
Academic text (2011) -
Grandpa was a man of tradition, so I conformed to gain his respect.
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Social pressures to conform, make safe choices and refrain from rocking the boat.
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To fit in at school, many students feel the need to conform to the latest fashion trends.
Synonyms
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1.0
To act according to rules, advice, or beliefs
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1.0
Do what someone in charge tells you or follow a rule
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3.8
Do what a rule or person asks
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4.7
Continue to follow and support a rule, belief, or person
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3.9
To follow rules or instructions
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3.5
To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement
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2.8
Do what a rule says
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3.4
To follow a rule or tradition by doing what it asks
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1.8
To follow a rule or plan
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3.7
Do what rules or standards say you must
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4.3
To follow rules or other people after not wanting to at first
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5.4
To do what people in charge expect and follow the rules exactly
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8.0
Behave in a way that matches what people expect
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3.4
Follow rules or laws that apply to you
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Etymology
Conform comes from Latin parts com- meaning 'together' and form meaning 'shape', the same root you see in the everyday word form. So to conform is to be 'shaped together' with others or with rules, which is why it means to behave like others or follow expectations.