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# disobey

«disobey» in Mova's school dictionary: **to not do what a person, rule or law tells you to do** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (disobey, disobeys, disobeyed, disobeying)

### meaning for a pupil

To disobey is to not do what a person, rule or law tells you to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disobey/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Home and school rules, fairy tales and Bible stories (Adam and Eve disobeyed God, the Bible says), safety.

### examples

- The dog disobeyed and ran into the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disobey/#x1)
- Don't disobey the lifeguard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disobey/#x2)
- Adam and Eve disobeyed God, Genesis tells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disobey/#x3)
- She was punished for disobeying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disobey/#x4)
- It is dangerous to disobey safety signs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disobey/#x5)
- The puppy disobeyed every command. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disobey/#x6)
- The men did not dare to disobey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disobey/#x7)

### note

Noun: disobedience; adjective: disobedient. Past: disobeyed (keep y).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disobey» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disobey/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.