obey

Etymology
From, from , et al., , from  (also ), from  +. Compare. 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 archaism from ū to oe, to oboediō (compare Old Latin oinos → Classical Latin ūnus).

Verb

 * 1)  To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
 * 2)  To do as one is told.
 * 3)  To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
 * 1)  To do as one is told.
 * 2)  To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
 * 1)  To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).

Antonyms

 * (especially rules)
 * (especially rules)
 * (especially rules)
 * (especially rules)
 * (especially rules)

Translations

 * Arabic: أَطَاعَ
 * Egyptian Arabic: طاوع
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: itaət etmək
 * Belarusian: падпарадко́ўвацца, падпара́дкавацца, пакара́цца, пакары́цца
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, lystre, lyde
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: ubidî
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: დამორჩილება, გაგონება
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὑπακούω
 * Hindi: आज्ञा मानना, इताअत करना
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Ingrian: kuulla, hoolia
 * Irish: géill do
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kabuverdianu: obi, uví
 * Kapampangan: pamintuan
 * Khmer:, ស្ដាប់បង្គាប់
 * Korean:
 * Lao: ເຊື່ອຟັງ
 * Latin:, obaudio, ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: mau, ū, whakarongo
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: захирагдах
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: lyde, adlyde
 * Old Church Slavonic: послоушати
 * Old English: hīeran
 * Oromo: abboomamuu
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: ubidì
 * Plautdietsch: jehorchen
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: kasukuy
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Slovak: poslúchať, poslúchnuť
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: итоат кардан
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: підкоря́тися, підкори́тися, кори́тися
 * Urdu: اطاعت کرنا
 * Uzbek: itoat etmoq
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: פֿאָלגן


 * Belarusian: слу́хацца
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: podřídit,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: folge
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πείθομαι
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: 言いなり
 * Kabuverdianu: obi, uví
 * Latin:, obaudio,
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: ū, whakarongo
 * Norwegian: adlyde, være lydhør
 * Old English: hīeran
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Tày: cạ ti̱nh
 * Ukrainian: слу́хатися
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: פֿאָלגן


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: být v souladu
 * Italian:, ,
 * Kabuverdianu: obi, uví
 * Latin:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: ū