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concur
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin concurro (“to run together, agree”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?n?k?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?k??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
concur (third-person singular simple present concurs, present participle concurring, simple past and past participle concurred)
- To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
- To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.
- (obsolete) To run together; to meet.
- (rare) To converge.
Synonyms
- (to unite or agree): accord, agree, coexist; See also Thesaurus:agree
- (to meet in the same point): cooperate, unite
- (to run together): assemble, congregate, crowd, flock
- (to converge):
Antonyms
- (to unite or agree): disagree, dissent
- (to meet in the same point):
- (to run together): disperse, disassemble
- (to converge): diverge
Related terms
- concourse
- concurrence
Translations
References
- concur in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- concur in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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conform
English
Etymology
From Middle English conformen, borrowed from Old French conformer, from Latin conform?re (“to mould, to shape after”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?f??m/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?n?f??m/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m
- Hyphenation: con?form
Verb
conform (third-person singular simple present conforms, present participle conforming, simple past and past participle conformed)
- (intransitive, of persons, often followed by to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, ch. 4:
- [B]y conforming to the dress and habits of the Gauchos, he has obtained an unbounded popularity in the country.
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, ch. 4:
- (intransitive, of things, situations, etc.) To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline.
- 1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit, ch. 11:
- In height and breadth it conformed to the prescribed measurements laid down by the rules of the contest.
- 2006 22 Dec., "Judge Cuts Amount of Vioxx Award ," New York Times (retrieved 7 June 2011):
- A judge in a Texas widow’s lawsuit over the Merck drug Vioxx reduced a $32 million jury award to about $7.75 million on Thursday so that it conformed to state law.
- 1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit, ch. 11:
- (transitive) To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.
- c. 1710, Jonathan Swift, "Vanbrugh's House" in The Poems of Jonathan Swift (1910 edition):
- There is a worm by Phoebus bred,
- By leaves of mulberry is fed,
- Which unprovided where to dwell,
- Conforms itself to weave a cell.
- 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, ch. 6:
- The sensual man conforms thoughts to things; the poet conforms things to his thoughts.
- c. 1710, Jonathan Swift, "Vanbrugh's House" in The Poems of Jonathan Swift (1910 edition):
Synonyms
- (to act in accordance with expectations): acquiesce, comply, go along to get along, knuckle under, submit; see also Thesaurus:conform
Related terms
Translations
References
- “conform”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French conforme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon?form/
Preposition
conform (+dative)
- according to
Related terms
- conforma
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