obey

verbA1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

obeys

V_ing/Gerund

obeying

V_ed/pp

obeyed

1.
(transitive)To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
obey the rules
obey your boss
2.
(intransitive)To do as one is told.
Soldiers are trained to obey.
3.
(intransitive, obsolete)To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

hearken mindhearken, mind

Trái nghĩa

disobey defy rebel resist violateviolate (especially rules)

Cùng gốc / liên quan

misobey obeyable obeyance obeyer unobeyed obeyingly unobeyingtremble and obeyobedience obedient obeisance

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English obeyen, from obeir, obeier et al., Old French obeir, from Latin oboediō (also obēdiō), from ob- (before, near) + audiō (to hear). Compare audient. In Latin, ob + audire would have been expected to become Classical Latin *obūdiō (compare in + claudō becoming inclūdō), but it has been theorized that the usual law court associations of the word for obeying encouraged a false archa…