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comply English

Meaning comply meaning

What does comply mean?
Definitions in simple English

comply Verb

— If you comply with something, you act accordingly to meet specific standards.

comply

— verb (= follow, abide by) act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes He complied with my instructions You must comply or else! Follow these simple rules abide by the rules

Synonyms comply synonyms

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comply English » English

obey agree submit yield consent follow observe conform assent acquiesce accede abide by coincide adhere surrender match grant defer conform to be congruent accept abide succumb obedient knuckle under give in fit together correspond concur comport carry out approve of approve agree to watch value truckle toe the line take stick scan sanction respect reply relinquish relent pronate promise play pay attention to

Topics comply topics

What do people use comply to talk about?
Social behavior Authority Submit to authority

Obey

Conjugation comply conjugation

How do you conjugate comply?

comply · verb

Examples comply examples

How do I use comply in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I can't comply with Tom's requirement.
The convicted drug dealer was willing to comply with the authorities to have his death sentence reduced to a life sentence.
We shall be pleased to comply with your request.
He had to comply with her decision.
I can not comply with your request.
I cannot comply with his request.
You must comply.
It's necessary to comply with a law.
I can't comply with your request.

Movie subtitles

You must comply with me and meet him at least once.
Per my orders, the letters incriminating the signatory of the Overseas Bank were not returned to him, even when very large sums were offered, until he agreed to comply completely with our demands.
You must realize that it'll take me a while to comply with all your demands.
Charles, sorry, I to comply with my duty.
If this is true, I to comply with my duty.
The general tax the as will comply.
Comply with its duty, how even more.
And, since their concern is for our safety, I can do nothing but suggest that we comply.
As your senior officer, I should comply with this request and order you to go.
But I shall see that my failure to comply is reported.
Whatever they command, we are bound to comply.
It's nice to go to the countryside, but I hope you comply with the promise. Mr. Petite, good will until we are married.
As an Ashby, you will be expected to comply and not make your own rules.
The appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremony. Let me comply with you in this garb, lest my extent to the players should more appear like entertainment than yours.
If you comply with my demands immediately, I just might let you all live, you miserable cyborgs. Heh.
We would have no choice but to comply.
Winter. If I accept, comply. I give you my word.
If you do not comply, return to prison. -Accepted.
I comply with this request all the more, for it also coincides with my own wishes.
I can guarantee you full amnesty if you comply with.
Failure to comply.
We have to comply, at least as long as Don Gomez is alive.
I am willing to comply.
If you order me to leave, I'll comply.
We must acknowledge that enquiries must comply with certain basic freedoms.
But can't we comply with the law without shedding blood?
I waltz just enough to comply with tradition then I sneak off to more rewarding activities.
Unable to comply.
To comply with the request you just made, sir.
You might at least take back your insults, if you want me to comply with your wishes.
Forward phaser, will comply.
But there are necessities with which we must comply.
Your refusal to comply with my orders has endangered the entire success of this mission!
Comply, Mr. Sulu.
You're ordered to annihilate the Halkans unless they comply.

News and current affairs

Instead of punitive measures to enforce such standards, poor countries ought to be given incentives, such as tariff relief, to comply.
The island must also comply with the federally mandated minimum wage, despite an income level about half that of the poorest US state.
But if disdain is shown for the WTO process, there will be little incentive for China to comply during the difficult months ahead.
Criminal indictments for war crimes ought to be issued against specific officials who do not comply.
Following the Fed's example, the ECB should abolish its OMT program - which, according to Germany's Constitutional Court, does not comply with EU treaty law anyway.
It can neither instruct the other regulators what to do (or not do) nor force member countries to comply with new regulations.
An enforced template of international law is essential - one with which all state and non-state actors must comply.
Tougher economic sanctions will not force Iran to comply; instead, sanctions will merely hit this oil- and gas-rich country's trading partners.
As a result, even when Greece fails to comply with its creditors' demands - for, say, tax hikes or pension reforms - it continues to receive assistance with few penalties.
The EMF (or rather ESF, as some have dubbed it, for European Stability Fund) could manage an orderly default of an EMU member country that fails to comply with the conditions attached to an adjustment program.
The US warned Israel not to get involved, and Israel was forced to comply.
To make a hostile country comply the threat of military action must be seen as real, the will of the power seeking to deter to follow on its threats must be clear and evident.
There is also the danger that Iran will fail to comply with parts of the agreement and undertake prohibited work.
A bigger problem has received much less attention: the risk of what will happen if Iran does comply with the agreement.
The split within the EU and NATO has increased the risk of armed conflict with Iraq because the pressure on Iraq to comply with the UN resolutions was weakened.
All Arab nations have agreed to full recognition of Israel if it will comply with key United Nations resolutions.
Germany and France have proposed stricter rules on borrowing and spending, backed by tough, semi-automatic sanctions for governments that do not comply.
Hence, the solution lies not only in forcing NPT members like Iran and Syria to comply with their commitments, but in creating a broader regional security and cooperation architecture in the Middle East.
Although failure to comply would in principle lead to automatic financial penalties, it is difficult to imagine how such failure could be determined in a country like Spain.
Indeed, even local security apparatuses have been unwilling to comply with dictates from Assad and his clique to seal the borders.

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