comply
verb/kəmˈplaɪ/
/kəmˈplaɪ/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they comply | /kəmˈplaɪ/ /kəmˈplaɪ/ |
| he / she / it complies | /kəmˈplaɪz/ /kəmˈplaɪz/ |
| past simple complied | /kəmˈplaɪd/ /kəmˈplaɪd/ |
| past participle complied | /kəmˈplaɪd/ /kəmˈplaɪd/ |
| -ing form complying | /kəmˈplaɪɪŋ/ /kəmˈplaɪɪŋ/ |
- comply (with something) to obey a rule, an order, etc.; to meet particular standards
- They refused to comply with the UN resolution.
- All furniture must comply with the fire safety regulations.
- When requested to leave, they refused to comply.
- What sanctions can they take against us if we fail to comply?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- reluctantly
- happily
- …
- fail to
- refuse to
- with
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Italian complire, Catalan complir, Spanish cumplir, from Latin complere ‘fill up, fulfil’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + plere ‘fill’. The original sense was ‘fulfil, accomplish’, later ‘fulfil the requirements of courtesy’, hence ‘to be agreeable, to oblige ’or‘ obey’. Compare with compliment.Definitions on the go
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