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Definition of disobey verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

disobey

verb

NAmE//ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ//

[transitive, intransitive] disobey (somebody/something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they disobey

he / she / it disobeys

past simple disobeyed

-ing form disobeying

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to refuse to do what a person, law, order, etc. tells you to do; to refuse to obey He was punished for disobeying orders. How dare you disobey me! opposite obey

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Nearby words

disobedience noun
disobedient adjective
disobey verb
disobliging adjective
disorder noun