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.
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Before officers began using physical force to clear the traffic block, video footage shows officers ordering the crowd to move on to the sidewalk, but the department said some protesters did not comply with requests to move off the road.
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Annie Goldman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 July 2025
Strengthening the state’s mental health parity law enacted in 2019, SB 10 enables the state to issue fines up to $625,000 if insurance companies do not comply.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 23 July 2025
New requirements for people who use Medi-Cal and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, could force the county to hire as many as hundreds of new staff to confirm participants comply with the rules, the report said.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
But the rule soon fell out of favor with launch companies, which said the FAA didn’t provide enough guidance on how to comply and was taking too long to review applications.
—ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
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Annie Goldman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 July 2025
Strengthening the state’s mental health parity law enacted in 2019, SB 10 enables the state to issue fines up to $625,000 if insurance companies do not comply.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 23 July 2025
New requirements for people who use Medi-Cal and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, could force the county to hire as many as hundreds of new staff to confirm participants comply with the rules, the report said.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
But the rule soon fell out of favor with launch companies, which said the FAA didn’t provide enough guidance on how to comply and was taking too long to review applications.
—ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
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“Comply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comply. Accessed 29 Jul. 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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