comporting
present participle ofcomport
comport
verb
uk/kəmˈpɔːt/us/kəmˈpɔːrt/comportverb(BEHAVE)
comport yourself
tobehavein aparticularway:
She comported herself withgreatdignityat her husband'sfuneral.
to behave
- behaveThe kids behaved well at grandma’s yesterday.
- behavePeople behave differently when they can provide feedback anonymously.
- actTwo men were acting suspiciously in the car park.
- conduct yourselfCaptain Bingham has conducted himself in a manner unbecoming to an officer.
- comport yourselfShe comported herself with great dignity at her husband's funeral.
Behaving, interacting and behaviour
- as ye sow, so shall ye reapidiom
- atavism
- attachment disorder
- attitude
- behave
- carry
- conduct
- dyadic
- example
- humanization
- humanize
- interact
- interaction
- ism
- nudge theory
- operant
- phase
- presence
- provincialism
- treat
comportverb(BE SIMILAR)
[I]USformal
If anideaorstatement, etc. comports, itmatchesor issimilarto somethingelse:
Thefindingsof thisresearchdo not comportwithacceptedtheory.
Being or appearing similar or the same
- a passing resemblanceidiom
- align
- aligned
- be in good companyidiom
- be in the same ballparkidiom
- be nothing/not much/very little in itidiom
- correspond
- entrainment
- equal
- equalization
- even(something)out
- flatlining
- homologous
- match
- overlap
- overlapping
- parallel
- passing
- placeless
- placelessness
Examplesofcomporting
comporting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
A woman walked out of the crowd,comportingherself with great dignity.
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We shall permanently be in deficit on our overseas account, always be exposed to violent fluctuations due to foreign financiers' doubts on how we arecomportingourselves.
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Such projecting has nothing to do withcomportingoneself toward a plan that has been thought out.
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