different between conform vs tally

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)

1. (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.
2. (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.

3. (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.

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)

1. according to

Related terms

• conforma

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of tallyho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæli/
• Hyphenation: tal?ly
• Rhymes: -æli

Interjection

tally

1. (radio, aviation) Target sighted.

   (Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.

   (Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally.

Usage notes

In aviation radio usage, more common than original tallyho. In civilian aviation usage, the official term for “traffic sighted” is “traffic in sight”.

Synonyms

• (target sighted): tallyho

Etymology 2

From Middle English talie, from Anglo-Norman tallie and Old French taille (“notch in a piece of wood signifying a debt”), from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin talea (“a cutting, rod, stick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæli/
• Hyphenation: tal?ly
• Rhymes: -æli

Noun

tally (plural tallies)

1. Abbreviation of tally stick.
2. (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
3. (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
4. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
   • c. 1690, John Dryden, Don Sebastian, Act V, scene 1:

     So paired, so suited in their minds and persons,

     That they were framed the tallies for each other.

5. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
6. A tally shop.
7. A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
8. (informal, regional, dated) A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage.

Translations

See also

• Five-bar gate tally

Etymology 3

From Middle English talien, from the noun (see above). Also from Medieval Latin taliare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæli/
• Hyphenation: tal?ly
• Rhymes: -æli

Verb

tally (third-person singular simple present tallies, present participle tallying, simple past and past participle tallied)

1. (transitive) To count something.
2. (transitive) To record something by making marks.
3. (transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.
4. (intransitive) To keep score.
5. (intransitive) To correspond or agree.
6. (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.

Synonyms

• (count something): enumerate, number; see also Thesaurus:count

Derived terms

• tally up

Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English tally, talliche, equivalent to tall +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?li/, /?t?l.li/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?t?li/, /?t?l.li/
• Hyphenation: tally

Adverb

tally (comparative more tally, superlative most tally)

1. (obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.
   • c. 1612, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, The Captain, Act II, scene ii:

     And you, Lodovick, / That stand so tally on your reputation, / You shall be he shall speak it.

Further reading

• tally in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tally at OneLook Dictionary Search

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

• talliche, tawly

Etymology

tal (“adj”) +? -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tali?/

Adverb

tally

1. properly, suitably, becomingly

Descendants

• English: tally (obsolete)
• Yola: taullee

References

• “tall?, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.