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conform

/kənˈfɔɹm/verb2 syllables

Conform means: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.

Synonyms for conform14

verb, as in adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

adjust, adapt

also used for conform

acquiesce, comply, go along to get along, knuckle under, submit, blow with the wind, fall in line, fall in with, hew, float with the stream, follow the crowd, go with the flow

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Opposites of conform

deviate

What does conform mean?2

verb

1

adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions“We must adjust to the bad economic situation”

2

be similar, be in line with

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with conform?11

two syllables

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Conform in a sentence

  • Man lives in a community, and has to conform to a social pattern.shekitten
  • If you do not conform to society's arbitrary rules, you will be shunned.mailohilohi
  • We should conform to the customs of society.Dejo
  • She won't conform to the town's social patterns.al_ex_an_der
  • I hate those bands that just conform to some punk-like mentality without thought.Eccles17
  • He doesn't want to conform to societal norms.Nuel
  • Observers note that animals don't conform to human labels.Nuel
  • I often felt pressured to conform, but I resisted.Nuel

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Forms of conform

as a verb

past tense
conformed
present participle
conforming
third-person singular
conforms
past participle
conformed