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- Dictionarycompliant/kəmˈplʌɪənt/
adjective
- 1. disposed to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent: "a compliant labour force"
- 2. meeting or in accordance with rules or standards: "food that is compliant with safety regulations"
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COMPLIANT definition: 1. willing to do what other people want you to do: 2. used to describe something that obeys a…. Learn more.
1. : ready or disposed to comply : submissive. a corrupt regime aided by a compliant press. was compliant and eager to please. 2. : conforming to requirements. compliant software. compliantly adverb. Synonyms. amenable. biddable. conformable. docile. law-abiding. obedient. submissive. tractable. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
Compliant definition: complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way. See examples of COMPLIANT used in a sentence.
If you are willing to submit to someone's request, then you are compliant. Parents like it when their teenagers are compliant and follow the rules. Teenagers, on the other hand, are probably not as compliant as parents would like to think!
Definition of compliant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adj. 1. complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, esp. in a submissive way: a person with a compliant nature. 2. manufactured or produced in accordance with a specified body of rules (usu. used in combination): Energy Star-compliant computers. [1635–45; comply + -ant, after pliant]
adjective. If you say that someone is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do. [formal] She was much naughtier than her compliant brother. ...a docile and compliant workforce. Synonyms: obedient, willing, accepting, yielding More Synonyms of compliant. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
