complied; complying
1
: to conform, submit, or adapt (as to a regulation or to another's wishes) as required or requested
comply with federal law
the devices comply with industry standards
2
obsolete
: to be ceremoniously courteous
Examples of comply in a Sentence
I asked the waitress to refill my coffee cup and she happily complied.
There will be penalties against individuals who fail to comply.
Recent Examples on the Web
TikTok briefly went dark in the U.S., vanishing from app stores as Apple and Google pulled the platform to comply with the ruling.
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Esat Dedezade, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Last month, the European Commission — which is the executive body of the EU — charged Google parent company Alphabet with breaching the DMA and issued Apple with guidance requiring the iPhone maker to do more to comply with the law.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
His administration has also threatened to withhold federal funding to states and entities that do not comply with the order.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 4 Apr. 2025
However, some suppliers have yet to set up the systems necessary to comply, the publication added.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Comply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comply. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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comply
verb
com·ply
kəm-ˈplī 
complied; complying
: to act in agreement with another's wishes or in obedience to a rule
comply with a request
complier
noun
-ˈplī(-ə)r
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