obvious
/ˈɒbvɪəs/
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American sound/ˈɒbvɪəs/
obvious
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ob - vious -> obvious
Myanmar meaning
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မြင်လွယ်သော။ မြင်သာသော။ ထင်ရှား ပေါ်လွင်သော။ သိသာသော။ ရှင်းသော။ It was obvious to everyone that the child had been badly treated. ❍ Spending less money is the obvious answer to his financial problems. ❍ Ann's teaching experience made her the obvious choice for the job. ❍ I may be stating the obvious, but without more money the project cannot survive.
❏ obviously adv
သိသိသာသာ။ ထင်ရှားစွာ။ He was obviously drunk. ❍ Obviously we don't want to spend too much money. ❍ HOPEFUL obviousness n [U]
More examples
- The most obvious explanation is not always the correct one.
- ‘I’d have thought that was fairly obvious, ’ James retorted.
- A glaringly obvious mistake
- [for obvious reasons] : For obvious reasons, I won’t go into details.
- [obvious (that)] : It’s pretty obvious he’s crazy about you.
- [obvious to] : It was becoming obvious to her parents that she needed help.
- [obvious from] : It was obvious from Eleanor’s voice that she disliked him.
- I couldn’t resist the obvious comment.
- [state the obvious] : You have a talent for stating the obvious.
- To state the obvious, if we don’t take precautions now, we’ll suffer for it later.
- Do you have to be so obvious?
- Making an apology was the obvious thing to do.
- [obvious choice] : His experience made him the obvious choice for the position.
- [obvious explanation] : There’s a perfectly obvious explanation for this trend.
- [obvious solution] : There was no immediately obvious solution that we could think of.
Synonyms
clear, understandable, palpable, noticeable, apparent, evident, observable, accessible, barefaced, bright, clear as a bell, conclusive, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, distinguishable, explicit, exposed, glaring, in evidence, indisputable, lucid, manifest, open, overt, patent, perceivable, perceptible, plain, precise, prominent, pronounced, public, recognizable, self-evident, self-explanatory, standing out, straightforward, transparent, unconcealed, undeniable, undisguised, unmistakable, unsubtle, visible
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