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{
"term": "obvious",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "easy to see or understand",
"sensetop": "obvious (that…)obvious to somebody that…obvious to somebodyobvious from something that…obvious how, what, etc.",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I know you don't like her but try not to make it so obvious."
},
{
"text": "He agreed with obvious pleasure."
},
{
"text": "It soon became obvious that the machine did not work.",
"contextForm": "obvious (that…)"
},
{
"text": "It's **painfully obvious** that the budget was low for this movie."
},
{
"text": "It's obvious a change is needed."
},
{
"text": "It was obvious to everyone that the child had been badly treated.",
"contextForm": "obvious to somebody that…"
},
{
"text": "The lessons seem fairly obvious to anyone who doesn't work in the Administration.",
"contextForm": "obvious to somebody"
},
{
"text": "It's obvious from what she said that something is wrong.",
"contextForm": "obvious from something that…"
},
{
"text": "**For obvious reasons**, I'd prefer not to give my name."
},
{
"text": "The reasons for this decision were **not immediately obvious**."
},
{
"text": "It is **blindingly obvious** that there is not enough money to finance this public spending programme."
},
{
"text": "It was far from obvious how they were going to get off the island.",
"contextForm": "obvious how, what, etc."
},
{
"text": "It is obvious to me that you're unhappy in your job."
},
{
"text": "It was becoming painfully obvious that the two of them had nothing in common."
},
{
"text": "It was immediately obvious that the bag was too heavy."
},
{
"text": "The ineptitude of the government was all too obvious."
},
{
"text": "He put his book down with obvious annoyance."
},
{
"text": "It's obvious that she'd be upset."
}
],
"synonyms": "clear",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["to"],
"phrases": ["be so obvious that…"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "that most people would think of or agree to",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was the obvious choice for the job."
},
{
"text": "There's no obvious solution to the problem."
},
{
"text": "This seemed the most obvious thing to do."
},
{
"text": "an obvious example/answer/question"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["to"],
"phrases": ["be so obvious that…"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "not interesting, new or showing imagination; unnecessary because it is clear to everyone",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The ending was pretty obvious."
},
{
"text": "I may be **stating the obvious** but without more money the project cannot survive."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɒbviəs/",
"audio": "ob/obvious/obvious__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɑːbviəs/",
"audio": "ob/obvious/obvious__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘frequently encountered’): from Latin obvius (from the phrase ob viam ‘in the way’) + -ous."
}