obvious
//ˈɑb.vi.əs//
Forms
- Comparative
- more obvious
- Superlative
- most obvious
Definitions
1.Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1647
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
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”).