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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
comply
/kəmˈplaɪ/
verb
to act in agreement with another's wishes; to obey a rule
- “Unfortunately, we are unable to comply with your request.”Tatoeba
- “Some beaches had failed to comply with environmental regulations.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)