Meaning of conform in English

(Definition of conform from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of conform from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of conform

conform
Many of them, unlike many new recluses, seem to have conformed to the canonical requirements of enclosure.
It is often the case that the texts required of a given application will conform in structure to a relatively small number of patterns.
The designer/developer may be held responsible for any damages caused by the agent if the exhibited behaviour does not conform to the design specification.
After all, whatever meaning will be ascribed, the process of ascribing will include the same aspects and conform to the same principles.
Call-by-value semantics evidently conforms nicely to strict equality.
This is a modernist inter pretation that does not conform with the earlier tafas-r on these verses.
Note that all types conforming to this grammar are products whose terms are either primitive or function types.
There are, however, individuals who do not appear to conform to group norms.
Thus, evidence is required that such input has prompted the child to realign an immature grammar to conform to adult norms.
Although this is a mathematically convenient assumption, the way humans look at the world does not always conform to it.
It does conform to the bet hedging hypothesis of maximizing the period of transmission and maximizing the likelihood of contacting the next host.
Readers should also know that some of the examples do not conform to the piano-vocal scores.
We produce them, and then, by conforming our actions to their constraints, we reproduce them.
In all cases, converged decision rules conform to the predictions of economic theory.
To make it more palatable, he conforms to melodramatic conventions.
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Translations of conform

in Chinese (Traditional)
順從, 遵從, 隨大流,順應習俗…
in Chinese (Simplified)
顺从, 遵从, 随大流,顺应习俗…
in Spanish
adaptarse, someterse, amoldarse…
in Portuguese
ajustar-se, conformar-se, amoldar-se…
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順応する, 適合する, 従(したが)う…
uymak, sıra harici davranış göstermemek…
se conformer, se conformer (à)…
adaptar-se, conformar-se…
zich conformeren, overeenstemmen…
přizpůsobit se, podřídit se podle, vyhovovat…
rette sig, indordne sig, være i overensstemmelse med…
menyesuaikan diri, sesuai dengan…
ทำให้เหมือนหรือคล้ายกัน, สอดคล้องกับ…
làm cho phù hợp với, thích hợp…
podporządkować się, dostosować się, dostosowywać się…
anpassa [sig], vara förenlig med, anpassa till…
mengikuti, mematuhi…
sich anpassen, entsprechen…
tilpasse seg, overholde, rette/føye seg slavisk etter…
순응하다, 다른 사람들처럼 행동하다…
керуватися (правилами), відповідати…
conformarsi, adeguarsi…
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