"obedient" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈbiːdɪənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈbidiənt/ [General-American], /oʊˈbidiənt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-obedient.ogg Forms: more obedient [comparative], most obedient [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|obedient}} Middle English obedient, {{der|en|fro|obedient}} Old French obedient, {{der|en|la|oboediēns}} Latin oboediēns Head templates: {{en-adj}} obedient (comparative more obedient, superlative most obedient)
  1. Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority. Hypernyms: acquiescent, deferential, devoted, docile, faithful, loyal Derived forms: obedient plant Translations (willing to comply with commands): ὑπήκοος (hupḗkoos) (Ancient Greek), κτίλος (ktílos) (Ancient Greek), مُطِيع (muṭīʕ) (Arabic), مُذْعِن (muḏʕin) (Arabic), مطيع (muṭīʕ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), հլու (hlu) (Armenian), հնազանդ (hnazand) (Armenian), խելոք (xelokʻ) (Armenian), esaneko (Basque), паслухмя́ны (pasluxmjány) (Belarusian), слухмя́ны (sluxmjány) (Belarusian), паслу́шны (paslúšny) (Belarusian), пако́рлівы (pakórlivy) (Belarusian), послу́шен (poslúšen) (Bulgarian), поко́рен (pokóren) (Bulgarian), obedient (Catalan), 服從的 (Chinese Mandarin), 服从的 (fúcóng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 順從的 (Chinese Mandarin), 顺从的 (shùncóng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 聽話 (Chinese Mandarin), 听话 (tīnghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), (guāi) (Chinese Mandarin), poslušný [masculine] (Czech), gehoorzaam (Dutch), obeema (Esperanto), kuuliainen (Finnish), tottelevainen (Finnish), obéissant (French), guiado (Galician), obediente (Galician), gehorsam (German), folgsam (German), gfolgig [Alemannic-German] (German), gfölgig [Alemannic-German] (German), υπάκουος (ypákouos) [masculine] (Greek), צַיְתָנִי (tsaytani) (Hebrew), engedelmes (Hungarian), szófogadó (Hungarian), hlýðinn (Icelandic), patuh (Indonesian), penurut (Indonesian), taat (Indonesian), dengar-dengaran (Indonesian), patih (Indonesian), ubbidiente (Italian), 従順な (jūjun na) (alt: じゅうじゅんな) (Japanese), 忠実な (chūjitsu na) (alt: ちゅうじつな) (Japanese), 大人しい (otonashii) (alt: おとなしい) (Japanese), ស្ដាប់បង្គាប់ (sdap bɑɑbɑngkŏəp) (Khmer), 순종적 (sunjongjeok) (Korean), oboediens (Latin), morigerus (Latin), paklausīgs (Latvian), rātns (Latvian), klusnùs (Lithuanian), paklusnùs (Lithuanian), послушен (poslušen) (Macedonian), ngāwari (Maori), serviable (Middle English), entig (Norn), lydig (Norwegian Bokmål), lydig (Norwegian Nynorsk), ġehīersum (Old English), ontlich (Plautdietsch), posłuszny (Polish), obediente (Portuguese), ascultător (Romanian), obedient (Romanian), docil (Romanian), supus (Romanian), послу́шный (poslúšnyj) (Russian), поко́рный (pokórnyj) (Russian), послушан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), poslušan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), poslušný (Slovak), poslušen (Slovene), obediente (Spanish), lydig (Swedish), విధేయము (vidhēyamu) (Telugu), เชื่อฟัง (chʉ̂ʉa-fang) (Thai), ว่านอนสอนง่าย (Thai), talangofua (Tongan), itaatkâr (Turkish), слухня́ний (sluxnjányj) (Ukrainian), покі́рний (pokírnyj) (Ukrainian), покі́рливий (pokírlyvyj) (Ukrainian), послу́шний (poslúšnyj) (Ukrainian), vâng lời (Vietnamese), tuân lời (Vietnamese), mak (West Frisian)
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Noun

IPA: /əˈbiːdɪənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈbidiənt/ [General-American], /oʊˈbidiənt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-obedient.ogg Forms: obedients [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|obedient}} Middle English obedient, {{der|en|fro|obedient}} Old French obedient, {{der|en|la|oboediēns}} Latin oboediēns Head templates: {{en-noun}} obedient (plural obedients)
  1. One who obeys.
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "مُذْعِن"
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          "roman": "hlu",
          "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
          "word": "հլու"
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          "roman": "hnazand",
          "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
          "word": "հնազանդ"
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "xelokʻ",
          "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
          "word": "խելոք"
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          "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
          "word": "esaneko"
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "pasluxmjány",
          "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
          "word": "паслухмя́ны"
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          "roman": "sluxmjány",
          "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
          "word": "слухмя́ны"
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        {
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          "roman": "paslúšny",
          "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
          "word": "паслу́шны"
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        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pakórlivy",
          "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
          "word": "пако́рлівы"
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          "roman": "poslúšen",
          "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
          "word": "послу́шен"
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        {
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      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gfolgig"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
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      "word": "gfölgig"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypákouos",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "υπάκουος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hupḗkoos",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "ὑπήκοος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ktílos",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "κτίλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsaytani",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "צַיְתָנִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "engedelmes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "szófogadó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "hlýðinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "patuh"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "penurut"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "taat"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "dengar-dengaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "patih"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "ubbidiente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅうじゅんな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūjun na",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "従順な"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちゅうじつな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūjitsu na",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "忠実な"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おとなしい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "otonashii",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "大人しい"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sdap bɑɑbɑngkŏəp",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "ស្ដាប់បង្គាប់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sunjongjeok",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "순종적"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "oboediens"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "morigerus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "paklausīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "rātns"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "klusnùs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "paklusnùs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poslušen",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "послушен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "ngāwari"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "serviable"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrn",
      "lang": "Norn",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "entig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "lydig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "lydig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "ġehīersum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "ontlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "posłuszny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "obediente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "ascultător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "obedient"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "docil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "supus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslúšnyj",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "послу́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokórnyj",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "поко́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
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      "word": "послушан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "poslušan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "poslušný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "poslušen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "obediente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "lydig"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vidhēyamu",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "విధేయము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chʉ̂ʉa-fang",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "เชื่อฟัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "ว่านอนสอนง่าย"
    },
    {
      "code": "to",
      "lang": "Tongan",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "talangofua"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "itaatkâr"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sluxnjányj",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "слухня́ний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pokírnyj",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "покі́рний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pokírlyvyj",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "покі́рливий"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poslúšnyj",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "послу́шний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "vâng lời"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "tuân lời"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with commands",
      "word": "mak"
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