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obey
[ oh-bey ]
verb (used with object)
- to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of:
to obey one's parents.
- to comply with or follow (a command, restriction, wish, instruction, etc.).
- (of things) to respond conformably in action to:
The car obeyed the slightest touch of the steering wheel.
- to submit or conform in action to (some guiding principle, impulse, one's conscience, etc.).
verb (used without object)
- to be obedient:
to agree to obey.
obey
/ əˈɪ /
verb
- to carry out (instructions or orders); comply with (demands)
- to behave or act in accordance with (one's feelings, whims, etc)
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·a· adjective
- ·İ noun
- ·iԲ· adverb
- ܲo· adjective
- ܲo·iԲ adjective
- ɱ-· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of obey1
Example Sentences
And according to Pew, 78% of Americans believe that the administration must obey the rulings of the courts.
Once the fighting stops, the thinking goes, both soldiers and civilians will remember whether those on the other side obeyed international law, or whether they committed atrocities.
"To see these guys not obey orders - and do what they needed to save their platoon was interesting to me," he says, talking about the soldiers' evacuation process.
Subjects meant to obey and praise their leader but never to challenge them.
Popes wield such power that they can speak ex cathedra — literally, from the papal throne — to make infallible pronouncements on morality that the faithful must obey.
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