obviate
verb (used with object)
to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary.
will obviate
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future tenseof obviate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“The parties have reached a resolution that will obviate the need for the jury trial,” the document reads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Another 22% are low-income beneficiaries who receive special subsidies that will obviate any premium increase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
These basic skills will obviate the need for any government or corporate pension scheme, for people will be able to run their own.
From Economist ● Nov. 2, 2012
The other is to say that the problem is growth, and accelerating it will obviate the pain of the inequality.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 11, 2011
This will result in great clearness for the comprehension of the establishment of governments, bishopricks, new settlements, and of discoveries, and will obviate the inconveniences formerly caused by the want of such knowledge.
From History of the Incas by Sir Clements R. (Clements Robert) Markham
