Definition of compliant
1 : ready or disposed to comply : submissive a corrupt regime aided by a compliant press was compliant and eager to please
2 : conforming to requirements compliant software
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Examples of compliant in a Sentence
I asked him for a favor, and he was compliant.
The student's shirt was not compliant with the school's dress code.
The software is compliant with the latest standards.
Recent Examples of compliant from the Web
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Moran said Dakota Creek does have a contractual obligation to give Fishermen’s Finest a Jones Act-compliant ship.
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Noriega promptly forced him to resign, installing a more compliant figurehead.
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Prosecutors will argue that Castile was being compliant when Yanez opened fire and that Yanez acted unreasonably and with negligence.
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But beginning Jan. 22, 2018, Transportation Security Administration agents will begin enforcing the air travel provision at security checkpoints, accepting licenses only from compliant states or those that have been granted extensions.
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All facilities and meeting rooms are ADA compliant.
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PennDot does not have a cost estimate, but making the current driver's license compliant will require a mark, or symbol, on the license as well as upgrades to back-office operations and systems, said PennDot spokesman Rich Fitzpatrick.
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Obamacare-compliant health plans cost businesses at least 30 percent more, Graham said, and bring annual premium increases of 25 percent to 40 percent.
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Think biometrics embedded in passports, driver’s licenses and subway tokens, which are then all linked up across borders via WiMax and a common XML schema and then perhaps tied via Bluetooth to subdermal chip implants/ViiV-compliant mp3 players.
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Origin and Etymology of compliant
see comply
First Known Use: 1642
COMPLIANT Defined for English Language Learners
compliant
playDefinition of compliant for English Language Learners
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: willing to do whatever you are asked or ordered to do : ready and willing to comply
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: agreeing with a set of rules, standards, or requirements
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