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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 yvlogs From
- ·a· adjective
- ·İ noun
- ·iԲ· adverb
- ܲo· adjective
- ܲo·iԲ adjective
- ɱ-· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of obey1
Example Sentences
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.
Students demonstrated at multiple universities in Istanbul, chanting "We are not scared, we won't be silenced, we will not obey" - a common opposition slogan in Turkey.
The administration did not obey the order later saying that the planes were already over international waters and the prisoners were transferred to the notorious El Salvadoran prison.
Trump has also purged independent non-partisan inspector generals and other officials whose responsibility is to ensure that the rule of law and the Constitution are obeyed.
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