What Does Obvious Mean?

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Definitions for obviousˈɒb vi əsob·vi·ous

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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. obviousadjective

   easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind

   "obvious errors"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. obviousadjective

   Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.

2. Etymology: From obvius, from ob- + via.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OBVIOUSadjective

   Etymology: obvius, Latin.

   1. Meeting any thing; opposed in front to any thing.

   To the evil turnMy obvious breast; arming to overcomeBy suffering, and earn rest from labour won. John Milton.

   2. Open; exposed.

   Whether such room in nature unpossestOnly to shine, yet scarce to contributeEach orb a glimpse of light, convey’d so farDown to this habitable, which returnsLight back to them, is obvious to dispute. John Milton.

   3. Easily discovered; plain; evident; easily found.

   Why was the sightTo such a tender ball as th’ eye confin’d,So obvious and so easy to be quench’d? John Milton.

   Entertain’d with solitude,Where obvious duty ere while appear’d unsought. John Milton.

   They are such lights as are only obvious to every man of sense, who loves poetry and understands it. Dryden.

   I am apt to think many words difficult or obscure, which are obvious to scholars. Jonathan Swift.

   These sentiments, whether they be impressed on the soul, or arise as obvious reflections of our reason, I call natural, because they have been found in all ages. John Rogers.

   All the great lines of our duty are clear and obvious; the extent of it understood, the obligation acknowledged, and the wisdom of complying with it freely confessed. John Rogers.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obvious

   Obvious is the third single to be released from the American R&B singer LeToyas debut album LeToya. According to Billboard, due to LeToya's popularity and feedback from radio, the single had a 96% chance of becoming a hit, but due to the fusing of Capitol Records and Virgin Records, all funding for the album were frozen until the completion of the merger. In addition to LeToya, the merger affected other Capitol and Virgin Records artist such as Janet Jackson, Chingy, and Cherish, resulting in their respective singles getting no accompanying video or promotion.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. obvious

   Obvious is an adjective referring to something that is easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent. It implies that the facts, truth, or clarity of something is immediately recognizable and leaves no room for doubt or confusion.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obviousadjective

   opposing; fronting

2. Obviousadjective

   exposed; subject; open; liable

3. Obviousadjective

   easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obvious

   "Obvious" is the third single to be released from the American R&B singer LeToya's debut album LeToya. According to Billboard, due to LeToya's popularity and feedback from radio, the single had a 96% chance of becoming a hit, but due to the fusing of Capitol Records and Virgin Records, all funding for the album were frozen until the completion of the merger. In addition to LeToya, the merger affected other Capitol and Virgin Records artist such as Janet Jackson, Chingy, and Cherish, resulting in their respective singles getting no accompanying video or promotion.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obvious

   ob′vi-us, adj. meeting one in the way: easily discovered or understood: evident.—adv. Ob′viously.—n. Ob′viousness. [L. obvius.]

CrunchBaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obvious

   The Obvious Corporation creates technology systems to facilitate the process of collaboration between people to improve the world. Obvious believes that technology has the power to affect individuals, organizations, and society if implemented the right way. After creating Twitter and Odeo, Obvious is being relaunched to bring the world more products that matter.Obvious Corp. was founded in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'obvious' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1193

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'obvious' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1536

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'obvious' in Adjectives Frequency: #146

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How to pronounce obvious?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of obvious in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of obvious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of obvious in a Sentence

1. Edward De Bono:

   Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.

2. Mitch McConnell:

   It's pretty obvious we were not able, in the House, to pass a replacement. Our Democratic friends ought to be pretty happy about that because we have the existing law in place, and I think we are just going to have to see how that works out, we believe it will not work out well, but we'll see. They have an opportunity now to have the status quo, regretfully.

3. Ben Garrison:

   It is obvious to anyone with common sense I am not anti-Semitic, i have received many emails of support from my Jewish friends. I'm not anti-Semitic merely because the [ Anti-Defamation League ] says I am.

4. Chris Lehane:

   They can have fun with this, this is a different age and there are a multitude of outlets that are going to have their versions with fairly obvious common denominators when it comes to the caricature -- which is why turning what could be fodder for comedy outlets into a strength is important.

5. Mark Mix:

   The Biden Department of Labor has been stocked with former union officials since day one, it’s obvious that President Biden planned to bestow big powers on his union political allies who helped propel him to the White House. The suppression of these apprenticeship programs takes away opportunities from workers just to boost union control over American employees and their training, even as a near-record low percentage of workers are voluntarily associating with unions.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNethttp://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=obvious
2. ^ Wiktionaryhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Obvious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionaryhttps://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=obvious
4. ^ Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obvious
5. ^ ChatGPThttps://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionaryhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obvious
7. ^ Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=obvious
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionaryhttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=obvious
9. ^ CrunchBasehttps://www.crunchbase.com/organization/obvious
10. ^ Usage in printed sourceshttps://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=obvious

Translations for obvious

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• واضحArabic
• відаво́чныBelarusian
• obviCatalan, Valencian
• zřejmý, samozřejmýCzech
• tydelig, indlysende, oplagt, åbenbarDanish
• offensichtlichGerman
• evidentaEsperanto
• obvioSpanish
• selgeEstonian
• ilmeinenFinnish
• évidentFrench
• obvioGalician
• egyértelmű, nyilvánvalóHungarian
• jelasIndonesian
• ovvio, evidenteItalian
• 明らかJapanese
• საჩინო, აშკარა, ცხადიGeorgian
• 분명한Korean
• perspicuusLatin
• redzamsLatvian
• māramaMāori
• overduidelijk, voor de hand liggendDutch
• opplagt, innlysende, åpenbartNorwegian
• òbviOccitan
• oczywistyPolish
• ښکاره, څرګندPashto, Pushto
• óbvioPortuguese
• clar, limpede, evident, văditRomanian
• очевидныйRussian
• očitenSlovene
• tydligSwedish
• வெளிப்படையானTamil
• స్పష్టంగాTelugu
• belli, açık, belirginTurkish
• очеви́дний, я́внийUkrainian
• 明显Chinese

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