Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

disobey

/ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/ verb

Forms disobeys disobeying disobeyed

verb (transitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an order from (somebody). “disobey the rules”
verb (intransitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey. “Under an authoritarian regime, people have an obligation to disobey.”

Synonyms

From Old French desobeir.

verb Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws.
verb To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.

Etymology [F. désobéir; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + obéir. See Obey, and cf. Disobedient.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “disobey”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details