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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Sich anpassen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zikh an-pah-sen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Conform/kənˈfɔːrm/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Alle Mitarbeiter müssen sich an den Dresscode anpassen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To comply with rules, standards, or laws.

    "All employees must conform to the company's dress code."
  2. 2

    To behave according to socially acceptable conventions or standards.

    "She felt pressured to conform to the expectations of her peers."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb conformare, meaning to shape, fashion, or form according to a pattern, composed of 'com-' (together, thoroughly) and 'formare' (to form). It entered Middle English in the 14th century via Old French conformer, initially retaining religious and philosophical senses of acting in accordance with established rules or doctrines.

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