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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dis′ə bā′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•o•bey /ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to fail or refuse to obey: [no object]If you disobey, you'll just go to bed earlier.[~ + object]He was always disobeying his parents.
    disobey is a verb, disobedient is an adjective, disobedience is a noun:The child disobeyed his parents. The child was disobedient to his parents. His disobedience was punished.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•o•bey  (dis′ə bā′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. 
  1. to neglect or refuse to obey.
  • Old French desobeir, equivalent. to des- dis-1 + obeir to obey
  • Middle English disobeien 1350–1400
dis′o•bey′er, n. 
    defy, disregard, resist, ignore, oppose.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
disobey /ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/ vb
  1. to neglect or refuse to obey (someone, an order, etc)
ˌdisoˈbeyer n
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