obedient

«obedient» in Mova's school dictionary: told by a parent, teacher, rule or owner — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (obedient; more obedient)

meaning for a pupil

1) Doing what you are told by a parent, teacher, rule or owner. tree →

2) (of animals) Trained to follow commands, as in "an obedient dog". tree →

sense in the lessons

Used at home, school and with pets ("dog obedience classes"). In stories and ethics lessons, being obedient is often good, but stories also ask when it is right to say no, for example if someone asks you to do something wrong or unsafe. In church life, obedience to God is one of the monastic vows.

examples

• Our dog is very obedient; he sits when told. tree →
• The obedient children lined up quietly. tree →
• Soldiers are trained to be obedient. tree →
• Being obedient doesn't mean doing something dangerous because someone says so. tree →
• The puppy became more obedient after training. tree →
• In the story, the obedient servant did everything the king asked. tree →
• Sheepdogs are clever and obedient. tree →
• I am still your obedient child. tree →

note

Opposite: "disobedient". Noun "obedience"; verb "obey". Spelling: o-be-di-ent. Safety: you never have to obey a stranger or anyone asking you to keep a harmful secret.

In the corpora

• A computer is not clever the way you are; it is incredibly fast and incredibly obedient.
• If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land;
• He against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto His law.
• As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «obedient» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.