to comport
13
8.0
- verb
- /kəmˈpɔrt/
- Formal
:
comportarse
- Throughout her ordeal, Anna comported herself with dignity and admirable fortitude.
- comport well
- comport with standards
- comport their behavior
And the more neutral you can comport yourself in those scenarios.
- And the more neutral you can comport yourself in those scenarios.
- And my view is that this is how I comported myself.
- All you can control is your reaction to all of that and how you comport yourself.
- It is action with a, you might say a capital A understood as a whole way of comporting oneself of being within the world.
- The consciousness that is acting, the consciousness that is comporting itself, the consciousness that is doing some purpose of action.
- The the art of fulfilling our duties as a human being, of comporting ourselves right in accordance with human nature as such.
- It's the height of saying we no longer comport ourselves attached to what is a verifiable factual reality.
Examples
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By paying for this guided learning experience and setting specifications for it, students very much comport themselves as customers.
Academic text (2013) -
Yet I knew not how to comport myself in the sea.
Fiction book (1996) -
How do you think about that as you, you know, comport yourself in public?
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But I do care about how everyone - everyone - comports themselves in our society.
Blog text (4) -
-These young men and women comport themselves with astounding grace and wisdom.
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What I consider to be dignified behavior may not comport with your expectations.
Academic text (2003) -
It's time for a serious reevaluation of the way we comport ourselves on this small globe, which grows smaller each day.
Academic text (2007) -
Experienced immigrants instruct new arrivals on how to comport themselves to avoid detection.
Academic text (2016) -
In a very real sense, by virtue of cultivating a healthy, loving relationship with her, showing her, day after day, year after year, how a good man should comport himself, he's been preparing her whole life for marriage.
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In a formal setting, it is important to comport yourself with respect and dignity.
Synonyms
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1.0
Behave in a certain way, often to pretend or hide feelings
747
1.0
To act in a proper or polite way
77
3.7
To behave in a particular way in a situation
47
3.0
Have a particular way of moving or behaving
33
6.7
To act in a particular way
3
6.1
To behave in a certain way to follow rules or show respect
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Etymology
Comport comes from the parts com- ('together') and portare ('to carry'), so it originally meant to 'carry oneself together'. That's why to comport yourself is to 'behave' or 'carry' yourself in a certain way, like the 'port' in portable which also means 'carry'.