to obey
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1.0
- verb
- /əˈbeɪ/
:
obedecer
- You give your orders, the orders are obeyed and the battle is won.
- obey the law
- obey orders
- obey rules
Then if you ask, well, why does stuff obey these equations?
- Then if you ask, well, why does stuff obey these equations?
- If if we spoke back, if we didn't obey orders.
- It's quite remarkable that black holes obey these same kinds of laws.
- I trusted God, obeyed him, knocked on the door.
- You need to force it to obey certain rules.
- I summon you and bind you to obey me.
- And then they would, the pilots would just obey their orders.
- The universe doesn't need to obey those rules.
- If you want something, you should obey the law.
- He couldn't get them to obey him.
Examples
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Do we require that people stay in school, obey the law, avoid drugs, and so on?
Academic text (1991) -
I have my orders, sir, and I always obey orders.
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Well, we are only free when we obey the law, right?
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Order your men to obey me.
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Under any circumstances at all, you must obey your orders.
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The poor want to work and obey the law, but often they do not.
Academic text (1991) -
It was their duty to obey that order.
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You're on camera, and you must obey all instructions.
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Just obey the rules.
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If you want to drive safely, you must obey all traffic laws.
Synonyms
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1.0
To act according to rules, advice, or beliefs
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3.8
Do what a rule or person asks
93
3.4
To follow a rule or tradition by doing what it asks
91
1.8
To follow a rule or plan
81
3.2
To accept and follow directions from a person in charge
79
3.9
To follow rules or instructions
79
3.5
To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement
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2.9
To do what a person in charge tells you without asking questions
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2.8
Do what a rule says
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3.7
Do what rules or standards say you must
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4.3
To follow rules or other people after not wanting to at first
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5.4
To do what people in charge expect and follow the rules exactly
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3.4
Follow rules or laws that apply to you
Antonyms
How Obedient
Surface Forms
Etymology
Obey comes from Latin parts ob- 'to' and audire 'to hear', so it once meant 'to hear to' someone — that is, to listen and follow them. That's why to obey now means to do what someone in authority or a rule tells you to do.