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compliant

/kəmˈplaɪənt/kuhm-PLIGH-uhnt
/kəmˈplaɪənt/kuhm-PLIGH-uhnt

Meaningcomplying

Common meaning: willing to obey

Journey through time

  1. Latincomplere‘to fill up, complete’source
  2. Italiancompliresource
  3. Englishcomply‘to obey’
  4. Englishformed in English from complycompliant‘willing to obey’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from comply + -ant.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), COMPLY, p.126 · scan

Source words

  • complere Latin · source word “to fill up”

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