Another word for obey
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Verb
To act in conformity with
- To be or become aware of, especially through careful and directed attention; notice:
- To watch attentively:
- To make a systematic or scientific observation of:
- The part or faculty of a person by which one feels, perceives, thinks, remembers, desires, and imagines:
- A person of great mental ability:
- Individual consciousness, memory, or recollection:
- To retain possession of:
- To have as a supply:
- To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support:
- To come or go after; proceed behind:
- To go after in pursuit:
- To keep under surveillance:
- To be or act in accord with a set of standards, expectations, or specifications:
- To act, often unquestioningly, in accordance with traditional customs or prevailing standards:
- To be similar in form or pattern:
- To act in accordance with another's command, request, rule, or wish:
- To be courteous or obedient.
- Takeout.
- To stick fast to something; stay attached:
- To remain devoted to or be in support of something:
- To carry out a plan, scheme, or operation without deviation:
Idioms:
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Another word for obey
Verb
To act in accordance with orders
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else.
- To bring into actuality; effect or make real:
- To do, perform, or obey (a task or order, for example); carry out.
- To meet (a requirement or condition); satisfy.
- To act in accordance with another's command, request, rule, or wish:
- To be courteous or obedient.
- The part or faculty of a person by which one feels, perceives, thinks, remembers, desires, and imagines:
- A person of great mental ability:
- Individual consciousness, memory, or recollection:
- To consent or comply passively or without protest:
- To be or act in accord with a set of standards, expectations, or specifications:
- To act, often unquestioningly, in accordance with traditional customs or prevailing standards:
- To be similar in form or pattern:
- To express agreement or acceptance, as of a proposal.
- Agreement; concurrence:
- Acquiescence; consent:
- To give one's consent, often at the insistence of another:
- To arrive at or come into an office or dignity:
- To become a party to an agreement or treaty.
- To be of the same opinion; agree:
- To combine in bringing something about; act together:
- To occur at the same time; coincide:
- To work for (someone) as a servant:
- To prepare and offer (food, for example):
- To place food before (someone); wait on:
- To give assent, as to the proposal of another; agree:
- To be of the same mind or opinion.
- Acceptance or approval of what is planned or done by another; acquiescence.
- To give or grant, especially as being due or appropriate:
- To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony.
- To be in agreement, unity, or harmony.
- To answer affirmatively:
- To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).
- To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval:
- Takeout.
- To perform or execute; carry out:
- To fulfill the requirements of:
- To perform the tasks or behaviors typically associated with (something), especially as part of one's character or normal duties:
- To begin and carry through to completion; do:
- To take action in accordance with the requirements of; fulfill:
- To enact (a feat or role) before an audience.
- To give forth by a natural process, especially by cultivation:
- To furnish as return for effort or investment; be productive of:
- To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender:
- To relinquish possession or control of (something) to another because of demand or compulsion:
- To give up in favor of another, especially voluntarily:
- To give up or abandon:
- The process of doing or performing something:
- Something done or performed; a deed:
- Something done that has legal significance:
- To make a reply; answer:
- To act in return or in answer:
- To react positively or favorably:
- To be accountable or responsible to; to account to
- To yield or surrender (oneself) to the will or authority of another.
- To subject to a condition or process:
- To present (something) to the consideration or judgment of another:
To act in accordance with a recognized principle
- Activity that requires physical or mental exertion, especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness:
- A specific activity performed to develop or maintain fitness or a skill:
- The active use or application of something:
- To work for (someone) as a servant:
- To prepare and offer (food, for example):
- To place food before (someone); wait on:
- To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of:
- To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill:
- To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill:
- To clasp or hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection.
- To surround or enclose:
- To include or contain as part of something broader.
- Of or belonging to oneself or itself:
- That which belongs to one:
- To have or possess as property:
- To take on the legal responsibilities as parent of (a child that is not one's biological child).
- To become the owner or caretaker of (a pet, especially one from a shelter).
- To take and follow (a course of action, for example) by choice or assent:
- To move or change (something) so as to be in a more effective arrangement or desired condition:
- To change so as to be suitable to or conform with something else:
- In chiropractic medicine, to manipulate (the spine and other body structures) to treat disorders and restore normal function of the nervous system.
- To reestablish a close relationship between:
- To settle or resolve:
- To bring (oneself) to accept:
- To share an opinion or feeling; be in accord:
- To express consent; concur:
- To accept or support a policy or program:
- To answer affirmatively:
- To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).
- To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval:
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