to comply with regulations
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3.4
- phrasal verb
- Formal
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cumplir con las regulaciones
- A national reduction plan would help itinerant truckers comply with regulations as they travel among states, said Linda Gaines, a systems analyst with Argonne's Center for Transportation Research.
Examples
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To comply with regulations and still save money.
Academic text (1996) -
You do not comply with regulations.
Blog text (32) -
In many cases, companies have found that measures undertaken to comply with regulations are actually saving costs (especially when the costs of alternative disposal and treatment methods are included in the analysis).
Academic text (1995) -
Many corporate clients now insist that any law firms they work with comply with regulations like those of Gramm-Leach-Bliley or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Academic text (2004) -
The bubble concept provides an alternative method of computing emissions, thereby minimizing the burden on all small entities that must comply with regulations designed to reduce emissions.
Academic text (1995) -
As Samsam points out, any regulations hit small businesses harder than large ones, because the cost of complying with regulations isn't linear with the size of the business, and in a results-oriented regime with significant penalties, there is no good way to manage the risk.
Blog text (15) -
The company must comply with regulations to ensure all safety standards are met.
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To avoid penalties, it is essential for businesses to comply with regulations set by the government.
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In order to maintain their license, the restaurant needs to comply with regulations regarding health and safety.
Synonyms
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1.0
Do what someone in charge tells you or follow a rule
332
3.8
Do what a rule or person asks
96
3.2
Think and act like other people or follow rules
91
1.8
To follow a rule or plan
79
3.9
To follow rules or instructions
79
3.5
To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement
55
2.8
Do what a rule says
50
3.7
Do what rules or standards say you must
9
5.4
To do what people in charge expect and follow the rules exactly
Antonyms
How Compliant
Surface Forms
Morphology
comply + with + regulation
The phrase's meaning is directly compositional: 'comply' means to follow, 'with' marks the target, and 'regulations' are rules, so a learner who knows the constituents can infer 'act in accordance with rules'. This is a common verb + preposition + noun construction found cross-linguistically in legal/registered contexts, making the expression immediately transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Comply with regulations creates a picture of someone checking every rule on a list and doing what each rule asks. Comply means to do what you are told and regulations are official rules, so the phrase means 'to follow the rules'.