Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "konform" is om aan reëls, standaarde of wette te voldoen; om in ooreenstemming met heersende sosiale norme of verwagtinge op te tree; om iets te pas of daarmee saam te stem.
Hasty, unannounced visits did not conform to protocol.
They took the time to carve the back of the chairs to conform to the human back, instead of making their slats from flat wood.
If you would learn to speak all tongues and conform to the customs of all nations, if you would travel farther than all travellers, be naturalized in all climes, and cause the Sphinx to dash her head against a stone, even obey the precept of the old philosopher, and Explore thyself.
He struck it again then proceeded to hammer the ingot, forcing it to conform and stretch to his design.
All that night Don Quixote lay awake thinking of his lady Dulcinea, in order to conform to what he had read in his books, how many a night in the forests and deserts knights used to lie sleepless supported by the memory of their mistresses.
