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    dis·o·bey
    /ˌdisəˈbā/

    verb

    • 1. fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority): "around 1,000 soldiers had disobeyed orders and surrendered"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDISOBEY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    DISOBEY definition: 1. to refuse to do something that you are told to do: 2. to refuse to do something that you are…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › disobeyDisobey Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of DISOBEY is to be disobedient. How to use disobey in a sentence.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › disobeyDISOBEY Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster

    Synonyms for DISOBEY: ignore, violate, defy, resist, mock, oppose, reject, dismiss; Antonyms of DISOBEY: obey, follow, conform (to), comply (with), serve, submit (to), yield (to), mind

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › disobeyDISOBEY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Disobey definition: to neglect or refuse to obey.. See examples of DISOBEY used in a sentence.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › disobeyDisobey - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    When you don't follow the rules — especially when they come from a teacher, parent, boss or other authority figure — you disobey. A first-grader disobeys his teacher when he can't help running in the halls of the school, and a dog will disobey your shouted commands if you haven't trained her very well.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDISOBEY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    When someone disobeys a person or an order, they deliberately do not do what they have been told to do. ...a naughty boy who often disobeyed his mother and father. To neglect or refuse to obey (someone, an order, etc).... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishdisobey verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of disobey verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. disobey (somebody/something) to refuse to do what a person, a law, an order, etc. tells you to do; to refuse to obey. He was punished for disobeying orders. How dare you disobey me! She sighed deeply but dared not disobey.

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryDISOBEY - All you need to know about it | Collins English...

    When someone disobeys a person or an order, they deliberately do not do what they have been told to do. [...] present simple: I disobey, you disobey [...] past simple: I disobeyed, you disobeyed [...] • defy, ignore, rebel, resist [...] • infringe, defy, refuse to obey, flout [...]

  10. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › disobedienceDisobedience Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of DISOBEDIENCE is refusal or neglect to obey. How to use disobedience in a sentence.

  11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of disobey – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

    disobey definition: to not do what you are told to do by someone in authority: . Learn more.