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compliant — com‧pli‧ant [kəmˈplaɪənt] adjective LAW if something is compliant with a law or rule, it does what the law says it must: • The Rolls Royce engines are half as noisy as the other engines, making the planes compliant with the rules on noise levels… … Financial and business terms
compliant — compliant, acquiescent, resigned, and their corresponding nouns compliance, acquiescence, resignation, are com parable when used in reference to a person, a mood, or a disposition that manifests acceptance (as of another s will or of something… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Compliant — Com*pli ant, a. Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive. The compliant boughs. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
compliant — COMPLIÁNT, Ă adj. maleabil ascultător, supus. (< engl. compliant) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
compliant — I adjective accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, assenting, charitable, collaborative, concordant, concurring, conformable, conforming, consensual, consenting, docile, facile, favorable, indulgent, loyal, malleable,… … Law dictionary
compliant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) tending to be excessively obedient or acquiescent. 2) complying with rules or standards. DERIVATIVES compliantly adverb … English terms dictionary
compliant — [kəm plīənt] adj. complying or tending to comply; yielding; submissive SYN. OBEDIENT compliantly adv … English World dictionary
compliant — com|pli|ant [kəmˈplaıənt] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: comply] 1.) willing to obey or to agree to other people s wishes and demands →↑comply ▪ For years I had tried to be a compliant and dutiful wife. 2.) made or done according to particular… … Dictionary of contemporary English
compliant — [[t]kəmpla͟ɪ͟ənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that someone is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do. [FORMAL] She was much naughtier than her compliant brother. ...a docile and compliant workforce. Syn: pliant, pliable … English dictionary
compliant — adjective Date: 1642 1. ready or disposed to comply ; submissive < a corrupt regime aided by a compliant press > 2. conforming to requirements < compliant software > • compliantly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
compliant — compliantly, adv. /keuhm pluy euhnt/, adj. 1. complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, esp. in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature. 2. manufactured or produced in accordance with a specified body of rules (usu. used in combination) … Universalium
