MEANING
To match or comply with a pattern, requirement, or standard.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- conform to a rule
- conform to a shape
On the page
He conformed to the rule without accepting its purpose.
The replacement conformed to the original shape.
Nearby words
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Word forms
- Base
- conform
- Past tense
- conformed
- Past participle
- conformed
- Present participle
- conforming
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- conform
- Present continuous
- am/is/are conforming
- Present perfect
- have/has conformed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been conforming
- Past
- conformed
- Past continuous
- was/were conforming
- Past perfect
- had conformed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been conforming
- Future
- will conform
- Future continuous
- will be conforming
- Future perfect
- will have conformed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been conforming
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: conform; conforms; conformed; conformed; conforming Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: conforms.
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