how to pronounce obey

/oʊˈbɛɪ/

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obey is pronounced in two syllables

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oʊbɛɪ

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

“… to obey guidelines in the way that it is …”

meaning of obey

Obey means to follow the orders of a superior.

obey frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word obey occurs in english on average 7.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics obey 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 obey can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;

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