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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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arrange
English
Etymology
From Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), from Old French arengier, arrangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Akin to Old High German hring, ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg (“ring”), Old Norse hringr (“ring, circle, queue, sword; ship”). More at ring.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???e?nd?/
- Rhymes: -e?nd?
Verb
arrange (third-person singular simple present arranges, present participle arranging, simple past and past participle arranged)
- (transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
- (transitive, intransitive) To plan; to prepare in advance.
- (music, transitive, intransitive) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
- arrangement
Translations
French
Verb
arrange
- first-person singular present indicative of arranger
- third-person singular present indicative of arranger
- first-person singular present subjunctive of arranger
- third-person singular present subjunctive of arranger
- second-person singular imperative of arranger
Anagrams
- rangera
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