obvious

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/ˈɑb.vi.əs/

adj 1

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

appear, be, look, seem, sound

become

After waiting an hour for the bus, it became obvious we needed to call a taxi.

make sth

The dark clouds and cold wind made it obvious that a storm was coming soon.

ADV

blatantly, blindingly, extremely, glaringly, patently, transparently, very

completely, perfectly, quite

It was quite obvious that she hadn't studied for the exam.

increasingly

by no means, far from, less than, not at all, not entirely

The reason why she left her job was by no means obvious to anyone at the company.

a bit, fairly, pretty, rather

The answer was pretty obvious once she pointed out the mistake in my calculation.

apparently, seemingly

immediately

When she walked in late, it was immediately obvious that something had upset her.

intuitively

That answer seemed intuitively obvious to me, but the teacher said it was wrong.

depressingly, distressingly, painfully

It's depressingly obvious that many people skip breakfast even though it's the most important meal.

PREP

It became obvious to everyone that the restaurant had closed down permanently.

Definitions

adj

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

Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.

During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R. to the Western Region; the Carlisle-Silloth branch (an L.N.E.R. legacy of a North British "border raid") to the London Midland, and so on.

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Synonyms

Antonyms

unobvious

Idioms & Phrases

from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious

So obvious that it was unnecessary to say.

That call I took as we arrived here was to tell me about another meeting with the AC tomorrow. More nit-picking and recommendations from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.

Example Bank

Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of

Wiktionary

One of the most obvious results of the B.R. Modernisation Plan has been the increasing use of diesel and electric traction; a less obvious by-product is the increase in track damage possible with the

Wiktionary

I don't know how to demonstrate it, since it's too obvious!

Tatoeba · #1418

Most scientific breakthroughs are nothing else than the discovery of the obvious.

Tatoeba · #1742

If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intention of doing you good, you should run for your life.

Tatoeba · #2342

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