define obey - Search
  1. Dictionary

    o·bey
    [əˈbā]
    verb
    obey (verb) · obeys (third person present) · obeyed (past tense) · obeyed (past participle) · obeying (present participle)
    1. comply with the command, direction, or request of (a person or a law); submit to the authority of:
      "I always obey my father"
      • carry out (a command or instruction):
        "the officer was convicted for refusing to obey orders" · "when the order was repeated, he refused to obey"
      • behave in accordance with (a general principle, natural law, etc.):
        "the universe was complex but it obeyed certain rules"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French obeir, from Latin oboedire, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + audire ‘hear’.
    Translate obey to
    No translation found.
    Similar and Opposite Words
    verb
    1. comply with the command, direction, or request of (a person or a law); submit to the authority of:
      do what someone says
      take/accept orders from
      carry out/follow the orders of
      be dutiful to
      submit to
      defer to
      be ruled by
      give way/in to
      yield to
      surrender to
      truckle to
      comply with
      adhere to
      abide by
      act in accordance with
      conform to
      acquiesce in
      consent to
      agree to
      play it by the book
     
    Kizdar net | Kizdar net | Кыздар Нет
  1. People also ask
     
  2. Obey Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

     
  3. OBEY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

  4. OBEY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

  5. OBEY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

  6. Obey - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

  7. obey verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes ...

  8. OBEY | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

  9. OBEY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

  10. Obey - definition of obey by The Free Dictionary

  11. Obey Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

  12. Obedience Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

  13. Obey Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

  14. obey - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

  15. obey - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

  16. obey - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online

  17. OBEY Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam …

  18. 70 Synonyms & Antonyms for OBEY | Thesaurus.com

  19. Obedience - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

  20. OBEY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

  21. OBEY | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

  22. What is Noun for Obey? Check Meanings, Examples

  23. NATO promises Ukraine $43bn in aid, ‘irreversible path’ to …

  24. OBEY - 43 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

  25. OBEYING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

  26. Some results have been removed