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/kənˈfɔɹmɪti/
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K AH0 N F AO1 R M AH0 T IY0
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The state of things being similar or identical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homogeneity, uniformity, conformity, homogeneousness, regularity, uniformness
Antonyms: none provided
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
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
The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: compliance, conformance
Antonyms: none provided
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
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
acting according to certain accepted standards
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conformation, compliance, abidance
Antonyms: nonconformity
Broader terms: cooperation
Narrower terms: formality, line, honoring, observance, keeping
correspondence in form or appearance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conformance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agreement, correspondence
Narrower terms: justness, rightness, nicety, normality
hardened conventionality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ossification
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conventionality, convention, conventionalism
orthodoxy in thoughts and belief
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conformism
Antonyms: nonconformity
Broader terms: orthodoxy
Narrower terms: conventionality, legalism
concurrence of opinion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
we are in accord with your proposal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: accord, accordance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agreement
From Middle English conformyte, from Middle French conformité. By surface analysis, conform + -ity.
Across languages
Translations 56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
njësoj
— state of things being similar, or identical
Bulgarian :
съответствие
(sǎotvetstvie)
— state of things being similar, or identical
Catalan :
conformitat
— state of things being similar, or identical
Chinese Mandarin :
相似性
(xiāngsìxìng)
— state of things being similar, or identical
Chinese Mandarin :
同一性
(tóngyīxìng)
— state of things being similar, or identical
Danish :
konformitet
— state of things being similar, or identical
Dutch :
conformiteit
— state of things being similar, or identical
Finnish :
yhdenmukaisuus
— state of things being similar, or identical
French :
conformité
— state of things being similar, or identical
Galician :
conformidade
— state of things being similar, or identical
German :
Konformität
— state of things being similar, or identical
Greek :
συμμόρφωση
(symmórfosi)
— state of things being similar, or identical
Greek :
συμμορφία
(symmorfía)
— state of things being similar, or identical
Greek :
ευπείθεια
(efpeítheia)
— state of things being similar, or identical
Hungarian :
hasonlóság
— state of things being similar, or identical
Hungarian :
egyezés
— state of things being similar, or identical
Hungarian :
illeszkedés
— state of things being similar, or identical
Hungarian :
összhang
— state of things being similar, or identical
Irish :
admháil
— state of things being similar, or identical
Kazakh :
сәйкестік
(säikestık)
— state of things being similar, or identical
Norwegian :
konformitet
— state of things being similar, or identical
Norwegian :
overenstemmelse
— state of things being similar, or identical
Norwegian Bokmål :
likhet
— state of things being similar, or identical
Norwegian Bokmål :
ensartethet
— state of things being similar, or identical
Portuguese :
conformidade
— state of things being similar, or identical
Romanian :
conformitate
— state of things being similar, or identical
Russian :
соотве́тствие
(sootvétstvije)
— state of things being similar, or identical
Spanish :
conformidad
— state of things being similar, or identical
Tagalog :
pakikibagay
— state of things being similar, or identical
Bulgarian :
схо́дство
(shódstvo)
— point of resemblance
Chinese Mandarin :
相似之處 /相似之处
(xiāngsì zhī chù)
— point of resemblance
Finnish :
samankaltaisuus
— point of resemblance
Bulgarian :
подчинение
(podčinenie)
— state of complying with a set of rules
Chinese Mandarin :
遵守
(zūnshǒu)
— state of complying with a set of rules
Chinese Mandarin :
遵從 /遵从
(zūncóng)
— state of complying with a set of rules
Chinese Mandarin :
順從 /顺从
(shùncóng)
— state of complying with a set of rules
Chinese Mandarin :
合規性 /合规性
— state of complying with a set of rules
Chinese Mandarin :
符合性
(fúhéxìng)
— state of complying with a set of rules
Finnish :
säännönmukaisuus
— state of complying with a set of rules
Ancient Greek :
ἀκολουθία
(akolouthía)
— state of complying with a set of rules
Hungarian :
megfelelőség
— state of complying with a set of rules
Hungarian :
összhang
— state of complying with a set of rules
Icelandic :
fylgispekt
— state of complying with a set of rules
Ottoman Turkish :
طباق
(tıbâk)
— state of complying with a set of rules
Bulgarian :
конформизъм
(konformizǎm)
— ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Chinese Mandarin :
一致主義 /一致主义
— ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Chinese Mandarin :
整齊劃一思想 /整齐划一思想
— ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Finnish :
konformismi
— ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Finnish :
yhdenmukaisuuspyrkimys
— ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Hungarian :
konformitás
— ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Hungarian :
alkalmazkodás
— ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Hungarian :
igazodás
— ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Hungarian :
beilleszkedés
— ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Hungarian :
behódolás
— ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Hungarian :
idomulás
— ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Hungarian :
konformizmus
— ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
