to comply
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3.8
- verb
- /kəmˈplaɪ/
:
cumplir con
- Employers who fail to comply can be fined up to $5,000.
- comply with the law
- comply with regulations
- fail to comply
And obviously a lot of criminals just don't comply with it and they sell guns.
- And obviously a lot of criminals just don't comply with it and they sell guns.
- And so, yeah, I, I haven't complied with their ridiculous suggestions.
- The Ukraine's courts are not complying with the Constitution.
- Coin Base decided not to launch the product rather than comply with these regulations.
- If you don't comply with what they want to see, you don't get investors.
- They don't want to lose American business, so they comply.
Examples
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In 1984, the federal court ruled that the DOE had to comply with federal hazardous waste regulations.
Academic text (1990) -
Well, I would... I would try to comply with the court's order.
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And but you have to comply with ICE.
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I get it, like you want to comply with your network.
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Well, then why did you finally decide to comply?
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We have already met your first condition and are willing to comply with the rest of your demands.
Fiction book (1996) -
Most states and local authorities comply because they can rarely afford to lose federal funding.
Academic text (2011) -
The curriculum typically begins by teaching the child to comply with the instruction to "sit down."
Academic text (1999) -
The industry must then develop new technologies and practices to comply efficiently with the regulations.
Academic text (1999) -
In order to keep the job, employees must comply with the company's safety guidelines.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To act according to rules, advice, or beliefs
411
1.0
Do what someone in charge tells you or follow a rule
243
2.8
Meet a rule or requirement
96
3.2
Think and act like other people or follow rules
93
3.4
To follow a rule or tradition by doing what it asks
91
1.8
To follow a rule or plan
87
4.7
Continue to follow and support a rule, belief, or person
81
3.2
To accept and follow directions from a person in charge
79
3.9
To follow rules or instructions
79
3.5
To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement
60
2.9
To do what a person in charge tells you without asking questions
55
2.8
Do what a rule says
50
3.7
Do what rules or standards say you must
18
4.3
To follow rules or other people after not wanting to at first
9
5.4
To do what people in charge expect and follow the rules exactly
1
3.4
Follow rules or laws that apply to you
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How Compliant
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Etymology
The word comply comes from Latin parts com- ('with') and plere ('to fill'), and it shares the same root as complete ('finish'). So to comply is like 'filling' a request — doing what someone asks or following a rule.