Synonyms for conforming


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuhn-fawrm
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfɔrm


Définition of conforming

Origin :
  • mid-14c., confourmen, from Old French conformer "conform (to), agree (to), make or be similar, be agreeable" (13c.), from Latin conformare "to fashion, to form, to shape; educate; modify," from com- "together" (see com-) + formare "to form" (see form (v.)).
  • Sense of "to comply with the usages of the Church of England" is from 1610s; hence conformist (1630s), opposed to non-conformist or dissenter. Related: Conformance; conformed; conforming.
  • adj agreeing
Example sentences :
  • She conformed beautifully, but you would have felt she understood your not conforming.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • They vacillate, conforming now to the interest of the wage-workers, now to the interest of the employers.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • Shakespeare is blamed for not conforming to standards unknown to his generation.
  • Extract from : « William Shakespeare » by John Masefield
  • Let me illustrate what I mean by conforming to the standard.
  • Extract from : « Outdoor Sketching » by Francis Hopkinson Smith
  • In forty-five departments we know that there were 13,426 conforming clergy.
  • Extract from : « Lectures on the French Revolution » by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
  • Why are you not conforming with their amiable peculiarities?'
  • Extract from : « A Modern Mercenary » by Kate Prichard and Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard
  • They twisted about and wound in and out, conforming to the shape of the top of the hill.
  • Extract from : « Australia in Arms » by Phillip F.E. Schuler
  • The right is found in conforming to the requirements which they develop and impose.
  • Extract from : « Theoretical Ethics » by Milton Valentine
  • She may be less capable of erecting ideals and conforming her conduct to them.
  • Extract from : « Idling in Italy » by Joseph Collins
  • Conforming to the truest of principles he raised his work by getting under it.
  • Extract from : « William Morris » by Elizabeth Luther Cary

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