conform

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·form AW [conform conforms conformed conforming] BrE [kənˈfɔːm] NAmE [kənˈfɔːrm] verb
1. intransitive to behave and think in the same way as most other people in a group or society
•There is considerable pressure on teenagers to conform.
•~ to sth He refused to conform to the local customs.
2. intransitive ~ to/with sth to obey a rule, law, etc.
Syn: ↑comply
•The building does not conform with safety regulations.
3. intransitive ~ to sth to agree with or match sth
•Wordsworth changed the ideas of his poem to conform with his later religious and political opinions.
•It did not conform to the usual stereotype of an industrial city.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘make (something) like another thing’): from Old French conformer, from Latin conformare, from con- ‘together’ + formare ‘to form’.

Example Bank:
•The accountant's reports appear to conform with the requirements of professional standards.
•The toys fail to conform to current safety standards.
•This equipment conforms fully with the latest safety regulations.
•the attempt to force science to conform with a political or social ideology

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  adjust, adapt
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  deviate, vary, diverge, depart