All 3 Uses of
conform
in
Babbitt
- Then if that don't work, the G. C. L. can finally send a little delegation around to inform folks that get too flip that they got to conform to decent standards and quit shooting off their mouths so free.†
Chpt 29conform = to comply, fit in, or be similar to what is normal
- Before long he admitted that he would like to flee back to the security of conformity, provided there was a decent and creditable way to return.†
Chpt 32 *conformity = compliance, fitting in, or being similar to what is normal
- Babbitt was pleased in the realization that the last scar of his rebellion was healed, yet as he drove home he was annoyed by such background thoughts as had never weakened him in his days of belligerent conformity.†
Chpt 34
Definitions:
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(1)
(conform) to comply, fit in, or be similar to what is normal
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Although the forms conform and conformity (referring to complying with established customs or doctrines) are more often used, conformist is more likely to appear on standardized tests.