comply

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kəmˈplaɪ/
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• Australian: /kəmˈplɑe/
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• New-Zealand: [kəmˈplɑe̯]
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• rhymes with -aɪ
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M P L AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”), from com- (prefix indicating completeness of an act) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near; by, with”)) + pleō (“to fill; to fulfil”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- (“to fill”)). The word is very close to the French verb complaire which means to satisfy or to please. The word is also cognate with Old French complir (“to accomplish, complete; to do”) (modern French accomplir (“to accomplish, achieve”)). Compare complete, compliment.

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: съгласявам се (sǎglasjavam se) — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Bulgarian: съобразявам се (sǎobrazjavam se) — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Chinese Mandarin: 遵守 (zūnshǒu) — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Chinese Mandarin: 順應 /顺应 (shùnyìng) — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Chinese Mandarin: 符合 — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Finnish: suostua — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Finnish: taipua — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Finnish: mukautua — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Finnish: myöntyä — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• French: se conformer — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• French: respecter — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• French: acquiescer — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• German: einwilligen — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• German: sich fügen — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• German: einhalten — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Hebrew: נענה (na'aná) — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Ido: konformigar su — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Italian: concordare — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Italian: adattarsi — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Italian: conformarsi — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Japanese: 従う (shitagau) — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Japanese: 応じる (ōjiru) — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Japanese: 守る (mamoru) — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Māori: ū — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Norwegian: etterleva — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Portuguese: concordar — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Portuguese: assentir (a) — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Portuguese: aquiescer (a) — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Romanian: se supune — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Russian: подчиня́ться (podčinjátʹsja) — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Russian: соглаша́ться (soglašátʹsja) — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Scottish Gaelic: gèill — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Spanish: cumplir — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Spanish: acatar — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Spanish: atenerse (a) — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Turkish: riayet etmek — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Turkish: uymak — to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree
• Azerbaijani: yerinə yetirmək — to accomplish, fulfil
• Bulgarian: изпълнявам (izpǎlnjavam) — to accomplish, fulfil
• Dutch: voldoen — to accomplish, fulfil
• Italian: attuare — to accomplish, fulfil
• Portuguese: cumprir — to accomplish, fulfil
• Spanish: cumplir con — to accomplish, fulfil
• Bulgarian: спазвам (spazvam) — to be ceremoniously courteous
• Bulgarian: придържам се към (pridǎržam se kǎm) — to be ceremoniously courteous
• Portuguese: cumprimentar — to be ceremoniously courteous
• Portuguese: abraçar — to enfold; to embrace