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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!
COMPLIANCE definition: 1. the act of obeying a law or rule, especially one that controls a particular industry or type of…. Learn more.
used to describe something that obeys a particular rule or law: The company expects to be reclassified as soon as its factories are fully compliant with the Federal Clean Air Act. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Obedient and compliant. accordance. acquiescently. adherence. do as someone is told. dutifully. easy. followership. pursuant.
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]
compliant in American English. (kəmˈplaiənt) adjective. 1. complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, esp. in a submissive way. a man with a compliant nature. 2. (usu. used in combination) manufactured or produced in accordance with a specified body of rules. an IRS-compliant expense report.
How to use compliance in a sentence. the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion; conformity in fulfilling official requirements… See the full definition
