English-Thai Dictionary

conformity

N การ สอดคล้องกัน  conformance agreement kan-sod-klong-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFORMITY

n. 1. Likeness; correspondence with a model in form or manner; resemblance; agreement; congruity with something else; followed by to or with.
A ship is constructed in conformity to a model, or in conformity with a model.
True happiness consists in conformity of life to the divine law.
2. Consistency; agreement.
Many instances prove the conformity of the essay with the notions of Hippocrates.
3. In theology, correspondence in manners and principles; compliance with customs.
Live no in conformity with the world.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONFORMITY

Con *form "i *ty, n.; pl. Conformities (#). [Cf. F. conformité. ]

 

1. Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

 

By our conformity to God. Tillotson.

 

The end of all religion is but to draw us to a conformity with God. Dr. H.More.

 

A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste. Addison.

 

2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist. ) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.

 

The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity. Hallam.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

conformity

con form i ty |kənˈfôrmitē kənˈfɔrmədi | ▶noun compliance with standards, rules, or laws: conformity to regulations | the goods were in conformity with the contract. • behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards: loyalty to one's party need not imply unquestioning conformity. • Brit., chiefly historical compliance with the practices of the Church of England. • similarity in form or type; agreement in character: these changes are intended to ensure conformity between all schemes. • Geology (of strata in contact ) a continuous sequence of deposits, typically in parallel strata. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French conformite or late Latin conformitas, from conformare ‘to form, fashion ’ (see conform ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

conformity

con |form |ity |kənˈfɔːmɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] compliance with standards, rules, or laws: conformity to regulations | the goods were in conformity with the contract. • behaviour in accordance with socially accepted conventions: a word of praise or an encouraging smile provide rewards for conformity to social norms. • Brit. historical compliance with the practices of the Church of England. • similarity in form or type; agreement in character: these changes are intended to ensure conformity between all schemes. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French conformite or late Latin conformitas, from conformare ‘to form, fashion ’ (see conform ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

conformity

conformity noun 1 conformity with the law: compliance with, adherence to, accordance with, observance of, observation of, obedience to, acquiescence in, respect for, adaptation to, adjustment to, accommodation to; archaic abidance by. ANTONYMS flouting. 2 you cannot find more conformity than among young people: conventionality, traditionalism, orthodoxy, fitting in, following the crowd, running with the pack, swimming with the stream; conservatism, formalism, reaction. ANTONYMS eccentricity, rebellion. 3 these changes are intended to ensure conformity between all schemes: similarity, likeness, alikeness, resemblance, similitude; correspondence, correlation, matching, congruity, congruence, consonance, coincidence, compatibility, concurrence, agreement, harmony, accord, equivalence; comparability, comparableness, comparison, parallelism, mapping, parity, analogy, affinity, closeness, nearness; sameness, identity, identicalness, uniformity, symmetry; archaic semblance. ANTONYMS dissimilarity.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

conformity

con form i ty /kənfɔ́ː r məti /名詞 U 1 ｟かたく ｠【社会通念 体制 慣習などへの 】順応, 従順, 服従 «to , with » ▸ in conformity with A A 〈法律 規則 主義など 〉に従って, 順守して .2 ｟英 ｠〖しばしばC -〗国教 遵奉 （じゆんぽう ）.