obvious
[ ob-vee-uhs ]
/ ˈɒb vi əs /
adjective
easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
lacking in subtlety.
Obsolete. being or standing in the way.
SYNONYMS FOR obvious
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Origin of obvious
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1. See apparent.
OTHER WORDS FROM obvious
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Example sentences from the Web for obvious
Down road will be battles over whether cDNA is non-obvious.
This is a difficult standard to meet, especially in regard to the requirement that your invention be non-obvious.
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British Dictionary definitions for obvious
obvious
/ (ˈɒbvɪəs) /
adjective
easy to see or understand; evident
exhibiting motives, feelings, intentions, etc, clearly or without subtlety
naive or unsubtlethe play was rather obvious
obsolete being or standing in the way
Derived forms of obvious
obviousness, nounWord Origin for obvious
C16: from Latin obvius, from obviam in the way, from ob- against + via way
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