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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Obvious \Ob"vi*ous\, a. [L. obvius; ob (see Ob-) + via way.
     See Voyage.]
     1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.]
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              To the evil turn
              My obvious breast.                    --Milton.
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     2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] ``Obvious to
        dispute.'' --Milton.
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     3. 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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              Apart and easy to be known they lie,
              Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. --Pope.
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     Syn: Plain; clear; evident. See Manifest.
          [1913 Webster] -- Ob"vi*ous*ly, adv. --
          Ob"vi*ous-ness, n.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Obvious \Ob"vi*ous\, a. [L. obvius; ob (see Ob-) + via way.
     See Voyage.]
     1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.]
  
              To the evil turn My obvious breast.   --Milton.
  
     2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] ``Obvious to
        dispute.'' --Milton.
  
     3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived
        by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as,
        an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
  
              Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the
              heap, and obvious to the eye.         --Pope.
  
     Syn: Plain; clear; evident. See Manifest. --
          Ob"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob"vi*ous-ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  obvious
       adj 1: easily perceived or understood; "obvious errors" [ant: unobvious]
       2: easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "a
          perceptible sense of expectation in the court"; "an
          obvious (or palpable) lie" [syn: perceptible]
       3: obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great
          distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself
          conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" [syn: conspicuous]
          [ant: inconspicuous]
       4: obvious to the eye; "a visible change of expression" [syn: visible]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  obvious
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 προφανής
     2 ολοφάνερος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


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

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


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

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


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

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


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

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  obvious
     Englanti a.
     1 ilmeinen, selkeä, itsestään selvä
     2 helposti havaita tai ymmärtää oleva
     3 silmiinpistävä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  obvious
     Engelska a.
     uppenbar, klar

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Obvious /ˈɒbviəs/
  واضح

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  obvious //ˈɑ.vi.əs// //ˈɑb.vi.əs// //ˈɒ.vɪəs// //ˈɒb.vɪəs// //ˈɒv.jəs// 
  очеви́ден
  easily discovered or understood; self-explanatory