complying

Phonetic Respelling: [ kuhm-plahy ]

Definition:

v. to act in agreement with a rule or anothers wishes; to do as one is asked or ordered

Sentence:

The students were complying with the teacher's wishes.

More example sentences:

The students were complying with the teacher's wishes.

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Who was the Alabama governor who sent the Alabama National Guardsmen to prevent three public schools from complying with court-ordered integration?

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Synonyms:

abide by; adhere; agree; conform

Antonyms:

disobey; refuse

Complying rhymes:

• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • buying
  • crying
  • drying
  • dyeing
  • dying
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • flying
  • frying
  • guying
  • lying
  • plying
  • prying
  • shying
  • sighing
  • spying
  • tieing
  • trying
  • tying
  • vying
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • allying
  • applying
  • belying
  • decrying
  • defying
  • denying
  • implying
  • relying
  • replying
  • retrying
  • supplying
  • undying
• Four Syllable Rhymes
  • misapplying
  • overflying
  • overlying
  • semidrying
  • underlying
• Five Syllable Rhymes
  • indemnifying