OBVIOUS | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of obvious in English obviousadjective uk /ˈɒb.vi.əs/ us /ˈɑːb.vi.əs/ Add to word list Add to word list B1 easy to see, recognize, or understand: [ + (that) ] It's obvious (that) she doesn't like him. They have a small child so for obvious reasons they need money. I know you don't like her, but do you have to make it so obvious? Am I stating the obvious (= saying what everyone already knows)? There is no obvious solution. easy to see, recognize, or understand

• obviousIt's obvious that she's upset.
• clearIt was clear that he was unhappy.
• apparentHer joy was apparent to everyone.
• plainHis disappointment was plain to see.
• evidentThe company president was impressed by her evident ambition.
• manifestHis manifest lack of interest has provoked severe criticism.

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• When it was obvious the company was going bankrupt, the government ordered all their assets to be frozen.
• Would you quickly look over these figures for me and see if there are any obvious mistakes?
• It is obvious that sweeping changes are needed in the legal system.
• If we view the problem from a different angle, a solution may become more obvious.
• His speech was inarticulate and it was obvious he had been drinking.

Apparent and obvious

• (from) under your nose idiom
• apparent
• be (as) plain as the nose on your face idiom
• be (right) under your nose idiom
• be etched somewhere idiom
• be writ large idiom
• flagrant
• flagrantly
• foregone conclusion
• glaringly
• obtrude
• overexplicit
• overt
• overtly
• palpable
• palpably
• stand/stick out a mile idiom
• visibly
• wonder
• written all over someone's face idiom

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obvious | American Dictionary

obviousadjective us /ˈɑb·vi·əs/ Add to word list Add to word list easily seen, recognized, or understood: an obvious solution For obvious reasons, he needs to find work soon. (Definition of obvious from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of obvious

obvious The operator can control the virtual robot in real-time and get quick feedback without obvious time-delay. From the Cambridge English Corpus What other phonetic cause(s) may be involved in this fascinating phonological process is certainly not obvious at this point in time. From the Cambridge English Corpus A purely abstract composition, it is entirely bereft of gimmicks or obvious stimuli. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is also obvious to anyone who teaches clinicians that they do not all share the same definition of every symptom. From the Cambridge English Corpus The obvious question, however, is why they are not used more in teaching design. From the Cambridge English Corpus Today we are even further from synthesis than we were in 1983, though for reasons which are less obvious than would appear. From the Cambridge English Corpus His argument is sometimes intricate and often subtle - but now and then it makes a meal of the obvious. From the Cambridge English Corpus The notion of "change over time" in dream content (from ancestral themes to current themes) is problematic because such change would serve no obvious function. From the Cambridge English Corpus No straightforward arguments or obvious observations are known to answer this question. From the Cambridge English Corpus The democratic appeal of this condition is obvious. From the Cambridge English Corpus Pollinaria are natural markers of insect visits to orchids, as there are no other obvious means by which they would be acquired by insects. From the Cambridge English Corpus Perhaps they also have a direct and obvious need for miraculous protection in order to guarantee the success of their work. From the Cambridge English Corpus The most obvious and effective approach is simply to look up pronunciations of input words-or, perhaps, morphemes after morphological decomposition-in a dictionary. From the Cambridge English Corpus With the benefit of hindsight, this is perhaps an obvious point. From the Cambridge English Corpus These changes are subtle and intermittent at first and become more permanent and obvious as the disease progresses. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of obvious?

Translations of obvious

in Chinese (Traditional) 清楚的, 顯然的，明顯的, 明白的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 清楚的, 显然的，明显的, 明白的… See more in Spanish obvio, obvio/ia [masculine-feminine, singular]… See more in Portuguese óbvio, óbvio/-ia… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian स्पष्ट, उघड… See more 明らかな, 明（あき）らかな… See more açık, aşikâr, belli… See more évident/-ente, manifeste, évident… See more obvi… See more duidelijk… See more பார்க்க, அடையாளம் காண அல்லது புரிந்து கொள்ள எளிதானது… See more प्रत्यक्ष, स्प्ष्ट, देखने… See more દેખીતું… See more indlysende… See more tydlig, uppenbar… See more jelas… See more offensichtlich… See more opplagt, åpenbar, tydelig… See more واضح… See more очевидний, явний… See more సులభంగా చూసే, గుర్తించే లేదా అర్థం చేసుకునే… See more স্পষ্ট… See more zřejmý, očividný… See more jelas… See more ชัดเจน… See more rõ ràng… See more oczywisty… See more 분명한… See more ovvio, evidente… See more Need a translator?

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