comply
Meaning of comply
verb
- act in accordance with a wish or command.
we are unable to comply with your request
late 16th century: from Italian complire, Catalan complir, Spanish cumplir, from Latin complere ‘fill up, fulfil’ (see complete). The original sense was ‘fulfil, accomplish’, later ‘fulfil the requirements of courtesy’, hence ‘to be agreeable, to oblige or obey’. Compare with compliment.
Information about comply
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of comply is: complies.
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Hyphenation of comply
com-ply
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- comply is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
comply synonyms
Meaning follow:
Meaning notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant:
Meaning submit to the authority of (someone) or comply with (a law):
Meaning admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements:
Meaning meet the expectations, needs, or desires of (someone):
Meaning arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone):
Meaning achieve or realize (something desired, promised, or predicted):
comply antonyms
Meaning refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally:
Meaning fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority):
Translation of comply
- French: obéir
- German: gehorchen
- Spanish: obedecer, cumplir, acatar, subordinarse
- Italian: soddisfare, obbedire, ottemperare, subordinarsi
Words that rhyme with comply
amply, camply, damply, unamply, dimply, goosepimply, imply, jimply, limply, oversimply, pimply, reimply, scrimply, simply, superimply, unsimply, recomply, crumply, plumply, rumply
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