how to pronounce disobey

/ˌdɪs.əˈbɛɪ/

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disobey is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of disobey in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… if you disobey the rules you get cut off …”

meaning of disobey

Disobey means to refuse to do what one is told to do.

disobey frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word disobey occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics disobey can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that disobey can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;