Other forms: conforming, conformed, conforms
To conform is to behave as the rules or the group expect. Conform to the standard, refuse to conform, pressure to conform.
It takes to. Of a product it is neutral and technical: conforming to a standard means meeting it. Of a person it is faintly critical, since English tends to admire the ones who do not, which says something about the culture rather than the word.
1verbconformTo behave as the rules or the group expect.
“Teenagers often feel pressure to conform and dress like their friends.”
conform is a complying.
Latin conformare means to shape after — con, together, plus formare, to shape.
Latin
conformāre — to mould, to shape after
Anglo-Norman
conformer
Middle English
conformen
English, today
conform
From Middle English conformen, borrowed from Middle French - and Anglo-Norman conformer, from Latin conformāre (“to mould, to shape after”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA