Meaning Of Needless To Say In English - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of needless to say in English

needless to say

idiom Add to word list Add to word list C1 as you would expect; added to, or used to introduce, a remark giving information that is expected and not surprising: Needless to say, he'll be off work for a while. 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
• overt
• overtly
• palpable
• palpably
• parallax
• squeaky
• stand/stick out a mile idiom
• wonder
• written all over someone's face idiom

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needless to say

idiom Add to word list Add to word list obviously: Needless to say, because of the accident he won’t be at work for a while. (Definition of needless to say from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of needless to say

needless to say Needless to say, all attempts at theoretical thinking were doomed as long as this ideal was extolled. From the Cambridge English Corpus Needless to say, these three requirements must be satisfied for the dialect where auxiliary do arose. From the Cambridge English Corpus Needless to say, this concept extends beyond graphs and unions. From the Cambridge English Corpus Needless to say, this engineering machinery was the original motivation for the development of the approach to wobbling bijections using shearings. From the Cambridge English Corpus This consciousness, needless to say, is part and parcel of the nationalist programme of integration, which has gradually been shaped. From the Cambridge English Corpus Needless to say, our conclusions were not sufficiently robust to report. From the Cambridge English Corpus Needless to say, the rigid application of this so-called two places principle has led to many unfair consequences. From the Cambridge English Corpus Needless to say, we are not advocating for this situation to continue but considering a fact that was present while fertility was falling. From the Cambridge English Corpus Needless to say, these findings are unlikely to be exhaustive. From the Cambridge English Corpus Needless to say, this is non-trivial interactional work. From the Cambridge English Corpus Needless to say, the new owners would enjoy the full gamut of property rights - to use, transfer or sell. From the Cambridge English Corpus Needless to say, these issues require a great deal more research. From the Cambridge English Corpus Needless to say, this consideration potentially undercuts any empirical conclusions reached about portfolio payoffs. From the Cambridge English Corpus Needless to say, that guy missed the point completely. From the Cambridge English Corpus Needless to say, we bear sole responsibility for these ideas. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of needless to say 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.

Translations of needless to say

in Chinese (Traditional) 當然，不用說… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 当然，不用说… See more in Spanish obviamente… See more in Portuguese nem é preciso dizer que… See more in Marathi in Telugu in Tamil in Hindi in Bengali in Gujarati in Urdu वेगळे सांगण्याची आवश्यकता नसणे… See more చెప్పనవసరం లేనిది / మీరు ఊహించిన విధంగా, ఊహించినది, ఆశ్చర్యం కలిగించనిది అయిన సమాచారాన్ని అందించే వ్యాఖ్యకు జోడించబడేది లేదా పరిచయం చేయడానికి వాడేది… See more நீங்கள் எதிர்பார்ப்பது போல, எதிர்பார்க்கப்படும் மற்றும் ஆச்சரியம் இல்லாத தகவல்களை வழங்கும் ஒரு கருத்துடன் சேர்க்கப்பட்டது, அல்லது அறிமுகப்படுத்தப் பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டது… See more उम्मीद के मुताबिक… See more বলা বাহুল্য… See more એ કહેવું વ્યર્થ છે કે, કહેવાની જરૂર નથી કે… See more یہ کہنے کی ضرورت نہیں… See more Need a translator?

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