{
    "term": "comply",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "comply",
            "heSheIt": "complies"
        },
        "pastSimple": "complied",
        "pastParticiple": "complied",
        "ingForm": "complying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to obey a rule, an order, etc.; to meet particular standards",
            "sensetop": "comply (with something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They refused to comply with the UN resolution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All furniture must comply with the fire safety regulations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When requested to leave, they refused to comply."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What sanctions can they take against us if we fail to comply?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["fully", "reluctantly", "happily"],
                "verb + comply": ["fail to", "refuse to"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈplaɪ/",
                "audio": "co/comply/comply__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈplaɪz/",
                "audio": "co/comply/complies__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈplaɪd/",
                "audio": "co/comply/complied__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈplaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/comply/complying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈplaɪ/",
                "audio": "co/comply/comply__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈplaɪz/",
                "audio": "co/comply/complies__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈplaɪd/",
                "audio": "co/comply/complied__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈplaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/comply/complying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from Italian complire, Catalan complir, Spanish cumplir, from Latin complere ‘fill up, fulfil’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + plere ‘fill’. The original sense was ‘fulfil, accomplish’, later ‘fulfil the requirements of courtesy’, hence ‘to be agreeable, to oblige ’or‘ obey’. Compare with compliment."
}