comportverb
uk/kəmˈpɔːt/us/kəmˈpɔːrt/comport verb (BEHAVE)
comport yourself
to behave in a particular way:
She comported herself with great dignity at her husband's funeral.
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Behaving, interacting and behaviour
- -behaved
- as ye sow, so shall ye reap idiom
- attachment disorder
- attitude
- bearing
- bedside manner
- behave
- carry on
- interact
- manner
- mannered
- mannerism
- meme
- model
- model yourself on sb
- sauce
- turn
- way
- what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander idiom
- yourself
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comport verb (BE SIMILAR)
[ I ] US formal If an idea or statement, etc. comports, it matches or is similar to something else:
The findings of this research do not comport with accepted theory.
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Being or appearing similar or the same
- a passing resemblance idiom
- agree
- answer
- ballpark
- be in good company idiom
- be in the same ballpark idiom
- be nothing/not much/very little in it idiom
- be two of a kind idiom
- company
- correspond
- equalize
- equalizer
- even
- flatline
- homologous
- homologous series
- in line with sth idiom
- line
- match up
- mirror
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comportment
noun [ U ] uk/kəmˈpɔːt.mənt/us/kəmˈpɔːrt.mənt/formal
This scandal raises new questions about the president's private comportment.