obvious
adjectivecommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɒ.vɪəs//
- United Kingdom//ˈɒb.vɪəs//
- United Kingdom//ˈɒv.jəs//
- United States//ˈɑb.vi.əs//
- United States//ˈɑ.vi.əs//
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
adjective
- 1
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.
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 new forms of traction.
'Cause I threw you the obvious / to see what occurs behind / the eyes of a fallen angel / Eyes of a tragedy / Oh well, oh well / Apparently nothing / Apparently nothing at all
It is not obvious, to economists anyway, that cities should exist at all. Crowds of people mean congestion and costly land and labour. But there are also well-known advantages to bunching up. When transport costs are sufficiently high a firm can spend more money shipping goods to clusters of consumers than it saves on cheap land and labour.
Etymology
16th century, from Latin obvius (“being in the way so as to meet, meeting, easy to access, at hand, ready, obvious”) + -ous, from ob- (“before”) + via (“way”).
Forms
- comparative
- more obvious
- superlative
- most obvious
obvious · Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
obviously · In an obvious or clearly apparent manner.occasion · A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.occasional · Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not…