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Definition of "conform to" [conform to]

  • Observe (verb)
  • Behave in accordance or in agreement with (verb)
  • Satisfy a condition or restriction (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "conform to" in a sentence
  • "When a child is subjected to a less-than-standard level of care or the professionals treating him do not conform to a prudent level of care, the results can be disastrous."
  • "To conform to another precedent, the Mahdi renamed it Jebel Massa, after the hill in northwest Africa where a tenth-century Mahdi, Mohammed Ubaidallah, had declared himself."
  • "Yet it did conform to a non-Jewish concept—that of the dying-and-rising god, which was at the heart of the great mystery school cults."
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