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UK [ˈɒbvɪəs] / US [ˈɑbvɪəs] 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.

obvious (that), 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.

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Collocations:
Adverbs frequently used with obvious
▪  blatantly, blindingly, fairly, glaringly, painfully, patently
2) expressing or lacking imagination

I couldn't resist the obvious comment.

state the obvious (= say 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 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.

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Collocations:
Nouns frequently used with obvious
▪  answer, choice, conclusion, explanation, implication, interpretation, reason, solution
Derived word:
obviousness
noun uncountable

English dictionary. 2014.

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