Compliant
adjective
Willing to obey or follow instructions.
The students were compliant, following their teacher's rules.
Often appears as...
- compliant students
- compliant nature
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Approving
adjective
Matching or following certain rules or standards.
The company must make sure their products are compliant with safety standards.
Often appears as...
- compliant with regulations
- compliant products
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Formal, Neutral
Technical
adjective
Able to adjust to different conditions.
The compliant material allows it to change shape under different pressures.
Often appears as...
- compliant material
- compliant structure
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
adjective
Willing to obey or follow instructions.
The students were compliant, following their teacher's rules.
Often appears as...
- compliant students
- compliant nature
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Matching or following certain rules or standards.
The company must make sure their products are compliant with safety standards.
Often appears as...
- compliant with regulations
- compliant products
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Technical
adjective
Able to adjust to different conditions.
The compliant material allows it to change shape under different pressures.
Often appears as...
- compliant material
- compliant structure
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Tone
Using 'compliant' often suggests a positive behavior, showing someone is cooperative and willing.
The new rules were tough, but everyone was surprisingly compliant.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Submissive
'Compliant' does not mean someone is weak; it focuses on following rules or norms willingly.
Although compliant, she confidently expressed her creative ideas.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Expectations
Being 'compliant' might be seen as positive in some cultures, where obeying authority is respected.
In our community, compliant children are praised for their manners.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Tone
Using 'compliant' often suggests a positive behavior, showing someone is cooperative and willing.
The new rules were tough, but everyone was surprisingly compliant.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Submissive
'Compliant' does not mean someone is weak; it focuses on following rules or norms willingly.
Although compliant, she confidently expressed her creative ideas.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Expectations
Being 'compliant' might be seen as positive in some cultures, where obeying authority is respected.
In our community, compliant children are praised for their manners.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Tone
Using 'compliant' often suggests a positive behavior, showing someone is cooperative and willing.
The new rules were tough, but everyone was surprisingly compliant.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Submissive
'Compliant' does not mean someone is weak; it focuses on following rules or norms willingly.
Although compliant, she confidently expressed her creative ideas.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Expectations
Being 'compliant' might be seen as positive in some cultures, where obeying authority is respected.
In our community, compliant children are praised for their manners.
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Video examples
A robot that runs and...
but it was really used as a scientific tool to investigate these properties of the legs of the cat. So you see, it's very compliant, very lightweight, and also very elastic, so you can easily press it down and it will not break. It will just jump, in fact. And this very elastic property is also very important.
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The incredible potential...
because we've already got them, but to make robots able to face unexpected situations in the real world, so able to go out there. And what makes a robot soft is first of all its compliant body, which is made of materials or structures that can undergo very large deformations,
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Employees must wash...
anything in their surroundings you have to wash your hands pretty vigorously for a nurse or a doctor that translates to hundreds or thousands of times a day it can take up to an hour of your day just washing hands to be compliant and as bodies around the world and sexual
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The quest for the...
and I wasn't careful, and they were absolutely right. So it's really good we correct each other, that's an important point, and help each other in doing this to get us to be as compliant as we possibly can for these issues.
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How Too Many Rules at...
urban structures, processing systems -- what is the real goal? To have somebody guilty in case they fail. We are creating organizations able to fail, but in a compliant way, with somebody clearly accountable when we fail.
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Can stereotypes ever be...
In this case, the model minority stereotype suggests that marginalized groups who are compliant, gentle, and respectful of white authority are deserving of tolerance, while groups that challenge the status quo are not.
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Glenn Greenwald: Why...
Equally critical is that the measure of how free a society is is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens, but how it treats its dissidents and those who resist orthodoxy. But the most important reason
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Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
cut line and it's quite some time until we get to the compliant but hopefully they will turn in before them child of the universe sub-adults I haven't seen him hunt but at the age that they're at they're more of a
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New bionics let us run,...
Under electrostatic effect, it changes stiffness. So under zero voltage, the material is compliant, it's floppy like paper. Then the button's pushed, a voltage is applied, and it becomes stiff as a board.
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Why winning doesn't...
not pressured or bullied. That was my time-out, and I chose to change. Being a dogmatic dictator may produce compliant, good little soldiers, but it doesn't develop champions in life.
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A robot that runs and...
but it was really used as a scientific tool to investigate these properties of the legs of the cat. So you see, it's very compliant, very lightweight, and also very elastic, so you can easily press it down and it will not break. It will just jump, in fact. And this very elastic property is also very important.
Video examples
The incredible potential...
because we've already got them, but to make robots able to face unexpected situations in the real world, so able to go out there. And what makes a robot soft is first of all its compliant body, which is made of materials or structures that can undergo very large deformations,
Video examples
Employees must wash...
anything in their surroundings you have to wash your hands pretty vigorously for a nurse or a doctor that translates to hundreds or thousands of times a day it can take up to an hour of your day just washing hands to be compliant and as bodies around the world and sexual
Video examples
The quest for the...
and I wasn't careful, and they were absolutely right. So it's really good we correct each other, that's an important point, and help each other in doing this to get us to be as compliant as we possibly can for these issues.
Video examples
How Too Many Rules at...
urban structures, processing systems -- what is the real goal? To have somebody guilty in case they fail. We are creating organizations able to fail, but in a compliant way, with somebody clearly accountable when we fail.
Video examples
Can stereotypes ever be...
In this case, the model minority stereotype suggests that marginalized groups who are compliant, gentle, and respectful of white authority are deserving of tolerance, while groups that challenge the status quo are not.
Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
Equally critical is that the measure of how free a society is is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens, but how it treats its dissidents and those who resist orthodoxy. But the most important reason
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
cut line and it's quite some time until we get to the compliant but hopefully they will turn in before them child of the universe sub-adults I haven't seen him hunt but at the age that they're at they're more of a
Video examples
New bionics let us run,...
Under electrostatic effect, it changes stiffness. So under zero voltage, the material is compliant, it's floppy like paper. Then the button's pushed, a voltage is applied, and it becomes stiff as a board.
Video examples
Why winning doesn't...
not pressured or bullied. That was my time-out, and I chose to change. Being a dogmatic dictator may produce compliant, good little soldiers, but it doesn't develop champions in life.
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Samantha Power
Irish Public Servant
The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups.
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Jodie Evans
American Activist
George W. Bush presided over an international network of torture chambers and, with the help of a compliant Congress and press, launched a war of aggression that killed hundreds of thousands of men, women and children.
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Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
To have transactions made on your web site via credit card, you must be PCI compliant. Businesses make the mistake of thinking that because you passed the requirements and are PCI certified, you are immune to attacks.
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Marquise Goodwin
American Football Player
Never in my life have I failed a test. I have never been opposed to testing and, in fact, have always been compliant with each and every protocol and policy associated with my competitive career in track and field.
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Kirstjen Nielsen
American Public Servant
If you are a DACA that's compliant with your registration, meaning you haven't committed a crime, you, in fact, are registered, you're not priority of enforcement for ICE should the program end.
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Pinarayi Vijayan
Indian Politician
It's clear that the RSS is directly taking key decisions on behalf of the BJP. RSS policies are not compliant with our country's interests. The RSS doesn't accept secularism.
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Robert Palmer
British Musician
Eventually, if you had a printer that is IPP compliant, that printer will have a Web address and anyone around the world who can get on the Internet can print to that URL.
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Brian Armstrong
American Businessman
At Coinbase, our first priority is to ensure that we operate the most secure and compliant digital currency exchange in the world.
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Bernard Beckett
New Zealander Writer
Thought, like any parasite, cannot exist without a compliant host.
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Elia Kazan
American Director
I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.
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Samantha Power
Irish Public Servant
The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups.
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Jodie Evans
American Activist
George W. Bush presided over an international network of torture chambers and, with the help of a compliant Congress and press, launched a war of aggression that killed hundreds of thousands of men, women and children.
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Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
To have transactions made on your web site via credit card, you must be PCI compliant. Businesses make the mistake of thinking that because you passed the requirements and are PCI certified, you are immune to attacks.
Quote examples
Marquise Goodwin
American Football Player
Never in my life have I failed a test. I have never been opposed to testing and, in fact, have always been compliant with each and every protocol and policy associated with my competitive career in track and field.
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Kirstjen Nielsen
American Public Servant
If you are a DACA that's compliant with your registration, meaning you haven't committed a crime, you, in fact, are registered, you're not priority of enforcement for ICE should the program end.
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Pinarayi Vijayan
Indian Politician
It's clear that the RSS is directly taking key decisions on behalf of the BJP. RSS policies are not compliant with our country's interests. The RSS doesn't accept secularism.
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Robert Palmer
British Musician
Eventually, if you had a printer that is IPP compliant, that printer will have a Web address and anyone around the world who can get on the Internet can print to that URL.
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Brian Armstrong
American Businessman
At Coinbase, our first priority is to ensure that we operate the most secure and compliant digital currency exchange in the world.
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Bernard Beckett
New Zealander Writer
Thought, like any parasite, cannot exist without a compliant host.
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Elia Kazan
American Director
I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.
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