Comply

Word COMPLY
Character 6
Hyphenation com ply
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Comply"

What do we mean by comply?

To act in accordance with another's command, request, rule, or wish. intransitive verb

To be courteous or obedient. intransitive verb

To fulfil; perform or execute.

To caress; embrace; encircle.

To act in accordance with another's will or desire; yield in agreement or compliance: as, to comply with a command or request.

To accommodate itself; accord; fit; conform: said of things.

To be courteous, complaisant, or conciliatory.

To fulfill; to accomplish. transitive verb

To infold; to embrace. transitive verb

To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with. intransitive verb

To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. intransitive verb

To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; verb

To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. verb

To fulfill; to accomplish. verb

To enfold; to embrace. verb

Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes verb

To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.

To accomplish, to fulfil.

To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.

To enfold; to embrace.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Comply

The word "comply" in example sentences

Pink, a father of three, expressed his dissatisfaction with the current model for education and what he refers to as a "comply or defy" environment. ❋ Shawna Vercher (2011)

Companies that use this label comply with the nonprofit group's sustainability requirements for construction. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Instead, merely attempting to comply is very expensive, causing many people rationally to pay off the books. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In some States, refusal to comply is itself resisting arrest without violence. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Unlike not wearing a headscarf, or sitting too close to someone of the opposite sex in public, failure to comply is not punishable by government. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Still, getting the cheaper and more recalcitrant companies to comply is a good thing. ❋ Steve Carper (2006)

One of the biggest places they need to comply is hiring real live human beings, people who have a little bit of compassion on people when the need help. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The program's nutritional criteria are based on the U.S. government's Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the labels comply with all U.S. laws and regulations.

I’m sure the laws in those cases will be upheld, but the penalty for failure to comply is likely to be limited to something short of lifelong ban. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If NATO forces refuse to comply, which is likely, it will once again be clear who is really in charge in Afghanistan, and who, on the other hand, is providing less and less respectable cover for an army of occupation and its "non-military" agents. posted by Dr. Dawg at 12: 04 PM ❋ Unknown (2010)

The only other way to comply is to acquire offsets-qualifying emission reductions made at sources not covered by the emissions cap (see below). ❋ Unknown (2009)

If "a new regulation comes out and the only way to comply is to build a new system, yes, [firms] will squeeze the dollars out," he says. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When such occasions of dispute happen, to comply is to betray our cause, and to maintain friendship by ceasing to deserve it; to be silent is to lose the happiness and dignity of independence, to live in perpetual constraint, and to desert, if not to betray: and who shall determine which of two friends shall yield, where neither believes himself mistaken, and both confess the importance of the question? ❋ Unknown (1750)

Easiest way to comply is to ensure that every human readable file has the header. ❋ "Gav..." (2010)

"The only way (the city) will ever get people to comply is to tag them," Kartozian said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cross Reference for Comply

What does comply mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Book Name Author
Rafael E-Book Fiona Murphy
Idol E-Book Kristen Callihan
Five Steps Ahead E-Book Samantha Baca
The Mistress Contract E-Book Evelyn Austin
The Price of Compassion E-Book A.B. Michaels
Best IOS App Reviews