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obese means very fat, in a way that is not healthy. This word is often used by doctors and health professionals, but is also used in a general way to mean "very fat": Obese patients are given advice on healthy eating.

►o • be • si • ty / ou 'bisati/ noun [ noncount ]

Obesity among children is increasing in this country.

• bey / ou ' bei / verb

( o beys , o bey - ing , o - beyed )

to do what someone tells you to do; to follow an order or rule

He always obeyed his parents. You must obey the law.

Ob . jeCt 1 © / 'abd₃ekt / noun [ count ] Pronunciation

When the word object is a noun, you say the first part of the word louder: OBject . When the word object is a verb, you say the second part of the word louder: obJECT .

a thing that you can see and touch There was a small round object on the table.

what you plan to do

His object in life is to become as rich as possible. —SYNONYM aim

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) the person or thing that is affected by an action. In the sentence "Susan painted the door," the object of the sentence is "the door."

— Look at subject ( 3 ).

ob • ject 2 / ab ' d₃ekt / verb ( ob - jects , ob ject - ing , ob - ject - ed )

to not like something; to not agree with something I objected to their plan.

ob • jec • tion / ab'd₃ekjn / noun

[ count, noncount ]

a reason why you do not like something or do not agree with something

I have no objections to the plan.

ob • jec • tive 1Awl / ab'd₃ektiv / noun [count] something that you are trying to achieve —SYNONYM aim

ob • jec • tive 2 Awl / ab ' d3ektiv / adjective

based on the facts, not on your own feelings and opinions an objective report of what happened

—ANTONYM subjective

► ob • jec • tive • ly AWL| / ab ' d3ektivli / adverb

ob • li • gat • ed / ' ablageitad / adjective

If you are obligated to do something, you have to do it because of a rule or law, or because it is the right thing to do

She felt obligated to take care of her mother.

ob • li • ga • tion / |abla' geijn / noun

[ count, noncount ] something that you must do We have an obligation to help.

o • blig • a • to • ry / a ' bliga|tori / adjective

( formal )

If something is obligatory , you must do it because it is the law or a rule. —SYNONYM compulsory

o • blige / a ' blaid3 / verb ( o - blig - es, o blig - ing, o - bliged )

to force someone to do something

Parents are obliged by law to send their children to school.

o • bliv • i • ous / a ' blivias / adjective

not noticing or realizing something

She was completely oblivious to all the trouble she had caused.

ob • long / ' ablog / noun [ count ]

any shape that is longer than it is wide An egg is an oblong. ►ob • long adjective

an oblong shape

ob • nox • ious / ab ' nakjas / adjective

extremely unpleasant

He really is an obnoxious person.

• boe / oubou / noun [ count ]

( MUSIC ) a musical instrument made of wood that you play by blowing into it

—Look at the picture at instrument . ob • scene / ab ' sin / adjective

connected with sex in a way that is rude or that shocks people

He made an obscene gesture.

ob • ser • vant / ab ' zarvant / adjective

good at noticing things That's very observant of you!

ob • ser • va • tion / |abzar veijn / noun

[ noncount ] when you watch someone or something carefully

The police kept the house under observation . His powers of observation are excellent.