Definitions for obvious
ˈɒb vi əsob·vi·ous

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. obviousadjective

   easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind

   "obvious errors"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. obviousadjective

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

   Etymology: From obvius, from ob- + via.

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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

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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.

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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?

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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. Bill Cassara:

   [After the murders], Terry told the LAPD he was referred to a possible music talent, but he said once he got to [Manson’s place], he just wanted to get the hell out of there. It was filthy and very obvious that there was no talent. He described hearing Manson’s girls singing while he played the guitar. He felt he had to get out. So he tried to make a graceful exit.

2. Suhail Warraich:

   This happens in almost every election, but the tilt is more obvious (as it appears) PML-N will not be allowed to come to power and definitely PTI is the favorite of our establishment.

3. Jackman Town Manager Tom Kawczynski:

   I’m tired of people backing down from stating the obvious for fear of being politically correct or being blackmailed into silence, i won’t be silenced like that. I can be hurt. We all can. But only we can ever sell our dignity.

4. Hesketh Pearson:

   Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.

5. Katie Stockton:

   Tested twice, three times, makes it more obvious to be a strong resistance level, there’s pent-up selling pressure there.

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