obvious

ob|vi|ous [ `abviəs ] adjective ***

1. ) clear to almost anyone:

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.

it is 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.

2. ) expressing or lacking imagination: PREDICTABLE:

I couldn't resist the obvious comment.

state the obvious (=express something that is already well-known): 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.

3. ) behaving in a way that clearly shows that you want something from someone or from a situation:

Do you have to be so obvious?

4. ) natural and reasonable in a particular situation:

Making an apology was the obvious thing to do.

obvious choice: His experience made him an 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.

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