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- Dictionaryobvious/ˈɒbvɪəs/
adjective
- 1. easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent: "unemployment has been the most obvious cost of the recession"
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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.
The meaning of OBVIOUS is easily discovered, seen, or understood. How to use obvious in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Obvious.
adjective. us / ˈɑːb.vi.əs / uk / ˈɒb.vi.əs / 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?
Obvious definition: easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident. See examples of OBVIOUS used in a sentence.
easy to see or understand; evident. 2. exhibiting motives, feelings, intentions, etc, clearly or without subtlety. 3. naive or unsubtle. the play was rather obvious. 4. obsolete. being or standing in the way. Collins English Dictionary.
1. easy to see or understand; evident. 2. exhibiting motives, feelings, intentions, etc, clearly or without subtlety. 3. naive or unsubtle: the play was rather obvious. 4. obsolete being or standing in the way. [C16: from Latin obvius, from obviam in the way, from ob- against + via way] ˈobviousness n.
Something obvious is plain to see and easily understandable. It was obvious that you didn't enjoy your meal because I found it rolled in a napkin and shoved under the rug. There's nothing vague about the adjective obvious — it's right there in front of your eyes!
