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подчиняться — meaning in English

podchinyatsya

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English meaning

  • comply verb To act in accordance with a rule, request, or law.
  • conform verb To match your behaviour, appearance, or attitudes to what is expected or normal, especially to fit in with a group.
  • obey verb To do what someone in authority tells you to do.
  • submit verb To send in a piece of work, application, or request for review or approval.

Senses

подчиняться is used for these senses in English:

  • comply To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
  • conform (intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.
  • obey (transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
  • submit (intransitive) To yield or give way to another.

conform — full definition

  1. verb To match your behaviour, appearance, or attitudes to what is expected or normal, especially to fit in with a group.
  2. verb To meet a required standard, specification, or rule.

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