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Definition of Obvious

Obvious

  1. Opposing; fronting.
  2. Exposed; subject; open; liable.
  3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.

Obvious Quotations

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Albert Einstein

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
Confucius

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.
Steve Jobs

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.
John F. Kennedy

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
Khalil Gibran
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Obvious Translations

obvious in Dutch is kennelijk, evident, apert
obvious in Finnish is ilmeinen
obvious in Italian is ovvio, flagrante, distinto
obvious in Spanish is dilucido, visto

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