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- pronunciation:
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form
- features:
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
conforms, conforming, conformed |
| definition: |
When you conform, you do what most people do. You act in a way that agrees with a rule or with the usual way that people do things.
The principal said the students have to conform to the school rules about what they can wear.All road signs must conform to the standards that the government has decided on. That's why all stop signs are a certain color red. They can't be a different color, and they have to be exactly the same color red as all the other stop signs.
- synonyms:
- adjust, comply
- antonyms:
- rebel, vary
- similar words:
- adapt, square
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| derivations: |
conforming (adj.), conformingly (adv.), conformer (n.), conformist (n.) |
The word conform
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, conclude, conclusion, conduct, confer, conference, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, conform, confuse, confusion, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjunction, connect, consonant, conspiracy, constant, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, convince, convict, conviction, inconceivable, inconspicuous, consequence
form
Latin
root
that means shape, form
Example words:
conform, deform, form, formal, formation, formula, inform, informal, information, reform, transform, transformation, uniform
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