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conformance

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /kənˈfɔːm(ə)ns/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N F AO1 R M AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of conforming; conformity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

correspondence in form or appearance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conformity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agreement, correspondence

Narrower terms: justness, rightness, nicety, normality

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 順從 /顺从 (shùncóng) — act of conforming
  • Dutch: conformiteit — act of conforming
  • Finnish: yhdenmukaisuus — act of conforming
  • Finnish: säännönmukaisuus — act of conforming
  • French: conformité — act of conforming
  • German: Konformität — act of conforming
  • German: Übereinstimmung — act of conforming
  • Greek: συμμόρφωση (symmórfosi) — act of conforming
  • Italian: conformità — act of conforming
  • Norwegian: overenstemmelse — act of conforming
  • Norwegian: samstemmighet — act of conforming
  • Romanian: conformitate — act of conforming
  • Romanian: conformare — act of conforming
  • Russian: согласо́ванность (soglasóvannostʹ) — act of conforming
  • Russian: соотве́тствие (sootvétstvije) — act of conforming
  • Swedish: överensstämmelse — act of conforming
  • Swedish: överstämmelse — act of conforming
  • Swedish: samstämmighet — act of conforming
  • Turkish: bağdaşma — act of conforming
  • Turkish: görüş birliği — act of conforming
  • Turkish: mutabakat — act of conforming
  • Turkish: uyuşma — act of conforming
Real reading context

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