Definitions for Obvious
ˈɒb vi əsob·vi·ous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. obviousadjective

   easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind

   "obvious errors"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. obviousadjective

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

2. Etymology: From obvius, from ob- + via.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OBVIOUSadjective

   Etymology: obvius, Latin.

   1. Meeting any thing; opposed in front to any thing.

   To the evil turn
   My obvious breast; arming to overcome
   By suffering, and earn rest from labour won. John Milton.

   2. Open; exposed.

   Whether such room in nature unpossest
   Only to shine, yet scarce to contribute
   Each orb a glimpse of light, convey’d so far
   Down to this habitable, which returns
   Light back to them, is obvious to dispute. John Milton.

   3. Easily discovered; plain; evident; easily found.

   Why was the sight
   To such a tender ball as th’ eye confin’d,
   So obvious and so easy to be quench’d? John Milton.

   Entertain’d with solitude,
   Where obvious duty ere while appear’d unsought. John Milton.

   They are such lights as are only obvious to every man of sense, who loves poetry and understands it. Dryden.

   I am apt to think many words difficult or obscure, which are obvious to scholars. Jonathan Swift.

   These sentiments, whether they be impressed on the soul, or arise as obvious reflections of our reason, I call natural, because they have been found in all ages. John Rogers.

   All the great lines of our duty are clear and obvious; the extent of it understood, the obligation acknowledged, and the wisdom of complying with it freely confessed. John Rogers.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obvious

   Obvious is the third single to be released from the American R&B singer LeToyas debut album LeToya. According to Billboard, due to LeToya's popularity and feedback from radio, the single had a 96% chance of becoming a hit, but due to the fusing of Capitol Records and Virgin Records, all funding for the album were frozen until the completion of the merger. In addition to LeToya, the merger affected other Capitol and Virgin Records artist such as Janet Jackson, Chingy, and Cherish, resulting in their respective singles getting no accompanying video or promotion.

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1. obvious

   Obvious is an adjective referring to something that is easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent. It implies that the facts, truth, or clarity of something is immediately recognizable and leaves no room for doubt or confusion.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obviousadjective

   opposing; fronting

2. Obviousadjective

   exposed; subject; open; liable

3. Obviousadjective

   easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obvious

   "Obvious" is the third single to be released from the American R&B singer LeToya's debut album LeToya. According to Billboard, due to LeToya's popularity and feedback from radio, the single had a 96% chance of becoming a hit, but due to the fusing of Capitol Records and Virgin Records, all funding for the album were frozen until the completion of the merger. In addition to LeToya, the merger affected other Capitol and Virgin Records artist such as Janet Jackson, Chingy, and Cherish, resulting in their respective singles getting no accompanying video or promotion.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obvious

   ob′vi-us, adj. meeting one in the way: easily discovered or understood: evident.—adv. Ob′viously.—n. Ob′viousness. [L. obvius.]

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1. Obvious

   The Obvious Corporation creates technology systems to facilitate the process of collaboration between people to improve the world. Obvious believes that technology has the power to affect individuals, organizations, and society if implemented the right way. After creating Twitter and Odeo, Obvious is being relaunched to bring the world more products that matter.Obvious Corp. was founded in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Obvious' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1193

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Obvious' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1536

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Obvious' in Adjectives Frequency: #146

How to pronounce Obvious?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Obvious in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Obvious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Obvious in a Sentence

1. James Boughton:

   It is not obvious what the U.N. is going to do, much less what the IMF would do, it would be up to a member country to request the acknowledgement of a new government, in this case it would come from the U.S..

2. Justin Jager:

   The Maroon Fire posed some unique challenges that there were some big KV power lines running through there that we needed to be able to protect from the fire then also an unexploded ordnance area that we wanted to be able to put fire in but we didn’t want to put firefighters on the ground for obvious reasons.

3. Jeremy Eddy:

   Even before the pandemic hit, institutions already heavily invested in commercial real estate were looking at ways to diversify their income streams, residential real estate provided an obvious alternative and one that has only become more attractive since the pandemic.

4. Mohamed El-Erian:

   I think Friday was support for the view that the Fed will move either by or at September. So is it June, is it September, I think that's debatable, but it's pretty obvious that they are likely to move.

5. Billy Payne:

   It became obvious fairly quickly that the place we could impact the most would be throughout Asia, we thought if we could identify good golfers and create heroes who would be emulated by other kids, in the process they would be attracted to the game.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Obvious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Obvious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Obvious
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obvious
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Obvious
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Obvious
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Obvious
9. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/obvious