comply
//kəmˈplaɪ//
Forms
- present (v1)
- comply
- past (v2)
- complied
- past participle (v3)
- complied
- present participle
- complying
- 3rd person singular
- complies
Definitions
1.To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
- He refused to comply with their demands.
- All workers must comply with safety regulations.
- But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4641
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Synonyms
Etymology
From Italian complire, Catalan complir (“to complete, fulfil; to carry out”), Spanish cumplir (“to complete, fulfil”), (alternatively from Old French compli), from Latin complēre, from compleō (“to finish, complete; to fulfil”), from com- (prefix indicating completeness of an act) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near; by, with”)) + pleō (“to fill; to fulfil”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)).