{
    "term": "obedient",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "doing what you are told to do; willing to obey",
            "sensetop": "obedient to somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an obedient child"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was always obedient to his father's wishes.",
                    "contextForm": "obedient to somebody/something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to end a formal letter",
            "labels": "(old use)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈbiːdiənt/",
                "audio": "ob/obedient/obedient__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈbiːdiənt/",
                "audio": "ob/obedient/obedient__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin oboedient- ‘obeying’, from the verb oboedire, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + audire ‘hear’."
}