follow

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to obey someone or something
obeyChildren must obey their parents.
followAll religions guide youths to follow the teachings of elders and parents.
complyThere are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations.
observePeople must observe the law.
adhere toThey failed to adhere to the terms of the agreement.
abide byPlayers must abide by the referee's decision.
The court issued a contempt citation against city council members who refused to comply with a court order.法庭对拒不遵守法庭命令的的市议会成员们发出了藐视法庭的传票。
He was happy to comply without any further urging from me.
He was jailed for refusing to comply with the court order.
The builders have not complied with the architect's instructions.
She had very set views about the funeral, and everyone was happy to comply with her wishes.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Obeying & breaking the law
abide
abide by something
adhere
adhere to something
afoul
bac
buck
comply
contravene
derogation
disobey
enforcer
fall foul of somethingidiom
go by the book
guiltiness
guilty
infringement
shalt
venal
violation

Examples of complied

complied

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Never-married women were particularly vulnerable to social exclusion and destitution, because they had not complied with the cultural norms (adat) of marriage and raising children.
Even when accrediting bodies set their ethics teaching requirements, the school complied halfheartedly.
This avoids selecting on the dependent variable, thereby examining only directives that were not complied with.
Moreover, we had no control over whether the parents complied with our instructions and looked through the booklet once as requested.
That orders are not complied with in child welfare is not surprising.
Missionaries thereby complied with, and benefited from, colonial policies that helped to reify the north and south, and divide northern and southern peoples.
Farmers generally complied with recommendations on sowing dates.
In the end, some rulers complied with the administration and received compensation.
With some effect: by 1853 the missionaries' request had only been partially complied with.
With each of the most pressing settler demands, the state complied only partially at this stage, its strategic concerns remaining paramount.
To date, only two filmographies have been complied of older actors and actresses.
It was widely held that the gendered division of labor complied with a natural and divinely inspired order of things.
Participation was voluntary, complied with institutional ethical guidelines and was remunerated at the standard rate.
The registrar complied and changed the name of the council in his official correspondence.
They are also aware that there are standards of organic production that should be complied with.
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