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obey

/əʊˈbeɪ/oh-BAY
/oʊˈbeɪ/oh-BAY

Meaningto listen to

Common meaning: to do as told

Journey through time

  1. Latinobediresource
  2. Old Frenchobeir‘to obey’source
  3. Middle Englishobeyensource
  4. Englishobey‘to do as told’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin obedire ‘to listen to’.

Roots

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