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compliance
What does compliance mean?
compliance (noun): acting according to certain accepted standards.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use compliance in a sentence?
- The factory was not in compliance with safety regulations. (Tatoeba sentence #4255965 by orcrist, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce compliance?
/kəmˈplaɪəns/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does compliance come from?
From comply + -ance.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of compliance?
Words related to compliance
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “compliance”?
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What does “compliance” mean?
a specialized division of a large organization
Not quite: that's what department means.
acting according to certain accepted standards
Right! That's what “compliance” means.
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
Not quite: that's what advice means.
the result of launching a projectile or bullet
Not quite: that's what shot means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “compliance”?
difference
Not quite: difference means something else.
population
Not quite: population means something else.
conformity
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department
Not quite: department means something else.
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