What does obvious mean?
Definitions for obvious
ˈɒb vi əsob·vi·ous
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word obvious.
Princeton's WordNet
obviousadjective
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
"obvious errors"
Wiktionary
obviousadjective
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
Etymology: From obvius, from ob- + via.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
OBVIOUSadjective
Etymology: obvius, Latin.
To the evil turn
My obvious breast; arming to overcome
By suffering, and earn rest from labour won. John Milton.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.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.
Webster Dictionary
Obviousadjective
opposing; fronting
Obviousadjective
exposed; subject; open; liable
Obviousadjective
easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark
Freebase
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 Dictionary
Obvious
ob′vi-us, adj. meeting one in the way: easily discovered or understood: evident.—adv. Ob′viously.—n. Ob′viousness. [L. obvius.]
CrunchBase
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
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'obvious' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1193
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'obvious' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1536
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'obvious' in Adjectives Frequency: #146
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of obvious in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of obvious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of obvious in a Sentence
Here is an obvious truth some still try to deny — one meaningful way to make New Jersey more affordable is to make sure more New Jerseyans have a living wage.
Sanford Bernstein analyst Claudio Aspesi:
There is no obvious path to making it larger and more profitable.
Their goal is obvious: to undermine Russia's power and moral authority ... to divide peoples and set them against each other and use historical speculation in their geopolitical games.
Whilst Uber and GMB may not seem like obvious allies, we've always agreed that drivers must come first, and today we have struck this important deal to improve workers' protections.
It’s obvious Meghan was entering a new world, but it’s my understanding that they tried to help. Diana spoke about the men in gray who were hostile to her because they were supporters of Prince Charles. And they had problems pretty early on in their marriage. But Meghan and Harry were a double act. There wasn’t a cigarette paper between them. They were talented together. And Meghan was seen out and about. Friends of mine used to ring me up and say, ‘I just saw Meghan at such and such.’ She did have a life outside of palace walls and in those early days, she was very popular.
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Translations for obvious
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- واضحArabic
- відаво́чныBelarusian
- obviCatalan, Valencian
- zřejmý, samozřejmýCzech
- tydelig, indlysende, oplagt, åbenbarDanish
- offensichtlichGerman
- evidentaEsperanto
- obvioSpanish
- selgeEstonian
- ilmeinenFinnish
- évidentFrench
- obvioGalician
- egyértelmű, nyilvánvalóHungarian
- jelasIndonesian
- ovvio, evidenteItalian
- 明らかJapanese
- საჩინო, აშკარა, ცხადიGeorgian
- 분명한Korean
- perspicuusLatin
- redzamsLatvian
- māramaMāori
- overduidelijk, voor de hand liggendDutch
- opplagt, innlysende, åpenbartNorwegian
- òbviOccitan
- oczywistyPolish
- ښکاره, څرګندPashto, Pushto
- óbvioPortuguese
- clar, limpede, evident, văditRomanian
- очевидныйRussian
- očitenSlovene
- tydligSwedish
- வெளிப்படையானTamil
- స్పష్టంగాTelugu
- belli, açık, belirginTurkish
- очеви́дний, я́внийUkrainian
- 明显Chinese
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