to behave and think in the same way as most other people in a group or society
There is considerable pressure on teenagers to conform.
conform to something He refused to conform to the local customs.
to obey a rule, law, etc.
The building does not conform with safety regulations.
to agree with or match something
conform to something It did not conform to the usual stereotype of an industrial city.
conform with something Wordsworth changed the ideas of his poem to conform with his later religious and political opinions.
the attempt to force science to conform with a political or social ideology
