comply

/kəmˈplaɪ/

verb B2
V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

3rd person singular
complies
past
complied
past participle
complied
gerund
complying

Meaning

  1. cumplir

    • The company must comply with the law.

      La empresa debe cumplir con la ley.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

enforce

To comply is to obey a rule yourself; to enforce is to make others obey it.

Similar in other languages

German

nachkommen

nachkommen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to comply with."

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa comply?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: The company must ___ with the law.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a comply?

verb

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