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comply
What does comply mean?
comply (verb): act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use comply in a sentence?
- He complied with my instructions. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce comply?
/kəmˈplaɪ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does comply come from?
From Italian complire, Catalan complir (“to complete, fulfil; to carry out”), Spanish cumplir (“to complete, fulfil”), (alternatively from Old French compli), from Latin complēre, from compleō (“to finish, complete; to fulfil”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to comply
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “comply” mean?
to start, to initiate or take the first step into something
Not quite: that's what begin means.
act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
Right! That's what “comply” means.
to transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money
Not quite: that's what sell means.
to come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact
Not quite: that's what touch means.
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