obvious
Easily discovered, seen, or understoodEasily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
» I think it's obvious, don't you?
Думаю, це очевидно, а що думаєш ти? — deniko
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1 sensesEasily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
offensichtlich, selbstverständlich, deutlich
очеви́дныйočevídnyj
очеви́днийočevýdnyj, я́внийjávnyj
easily perceived and understood
Examples
640 sentencesI think it's obvious, don't you?
Думаю, це очевидно, а що думаєш ти? — deniko
Isn't it obvious who took it?
Хіба це не очевидно, хто його взяв? — deniko
It's obvious that Tom is wrong.
Цілком очевидно, що Том помиляється. — deniko
It's obvious Tom really cares about Mary.
Очевидно, що Мері Тому небайдужа. — deniko
It's obvious Tom wants to do that.
Очевидно, що Том хоче це зробити. — deniko
ruОчевидно, что Том хочет это сделать. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
16th century, from Latin obvius (“being in the way so as to meet, meeting, easy to access,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”).
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Forms
more obvious, most obvious| Comparative | more obvious Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most obvious Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
40 synonymsAntonyms
13 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- stating the obvious
- was obvious that
- pretty obvious
- seems obvious
- very obvious what's
- was pretty obvious
- obvious to everyone
- seemed obvious to
- pretty obvious that
- an an obvious
- seems obvious that
- very obvious that
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.