Definitions of obey [ʊˈbeɪ]

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Definition of 'obey'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) obey
to comply with the wishes, instructions, or commands of.

2.  obey
to comply with or follow:
to obey orders.

3.  obey
to respond readily to:
The car obeys my slightest touch on the steering wheel.

4.  obey
to submit or conform to :
to obey the law of gravity.

5. (v.i.) obey
to be obedient.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < OF obeir < L oboedīre=ob-ob - +audīre to hear)

Definition of 'obey'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) obey
be obedient to

Definition of 'obey'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) obey
to do what sb tells you, or to follow a rule
We teach kids to obey the law.; She told the dog to come, and he obeyed.

Definition of 'obey'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) obey
to give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of

2. (verb) obey
to submit to the authority of; to be ruled by

3. (verb) obey
to yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm

4. (verb) obey
to give obedience

Translation of 'obey'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to do what one is told to do I obeyed the order.
Afrikaans: gehoorsaam	Arabic: يُطيع	Bulgarian: подчинявам се
Brazilian: obedecer	Czech: poslouchat	German: gehorchen
Danish: rette sig efter; adlyde	Greek: υπακούω	Spanish: obedecer
Estonian: kuuletuma	Farsi: اطاعت کردن	Finnish: totella
French: obéir (à)	Hebrew: לְצַייֵת	Hindi: आज्ञा पालन करना
Croatian: slušati	Hungarian: engedelmeskedik	Indonesian: mematuhi
Icelandic: hlÿða	Italian: obbedire	Japanese: 従う
Korean: 복종하다	Lithuanian: paklusti	Latvian: paklausīt; pakļauties
Malay: mematuhi	Dutch: gehoorzaam	Norwegian: adlyde, rette seg etter
Polish: usłuchać	Persian: اطاعت کردن	Pashto: اطاعت كول
Portuguese: obedecer	Romanian: a asculta (de)	Russian: слушаться; повиноваться
Slovak: poslúchať	Slovenian: ubogati	Serbian: poslušati
Swedish: lyda	Thai: เชื่อฟัง	Turkish: itaat etmek
Taiwanese: 服從	Ukrainian: слухатися, коритися	Urdu: فرماں برداري کرنا
Vietnamese: tuân theo	Chinese: 服从
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