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{
"obverse":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a proposition inferred immediately from another by denying the opposite of what the given proposition affirms":[
"the obverse of \"all A is B \" is \"no A is not B\""
],
": constituting the obverse of something : opposite":[],
": facing the observer or opponent":[],
": having the base narrower than the top":[
"an obverse leaf"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"joy and its obverse , sadness",
"We thought they would be pleased with our decision. We have learned, however, that the obverse is true.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The case of the 10 Republican House members who voted to impeach then-President Trump in his term\u2019s dwindling days, and now are disappearing from Congress, is a nearly obverse mystery. \u2014 Robert Schlesinger, The New Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the case of your token, the obverse would have been made with the Sam Houston design, with the backs left blank to be cast with the buyer\u2019s choice. \u2014 Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News , 12 Mar. 2022",
"There were other versions made, including tokens with the same or common obverse for the McKean-Eilers Dry Goods Co. of Austin and the Progress Laundry of Dallas and Waco. \u2014 Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News , 12 Mar. 2022",
"As required by law, the new quarters will keep George Washington\u2019s likeness on the obverse , or heads side, of the coins. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Jan. 2022",
"This strategy is the obverse of the investment strategy known as dollar-cost averaging\u2014buying shares at regular intervals. \u2014 M. Todd Henderson, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021",
"In On Animals, a new collection of old essays, veteran journalist Susan Orlean is almost the obverse of wonder-seeking naturalists like David Attenborough. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 9 Sep. 2021",
"First minted in 1907, the coin features an image of Lady Liberty striding forward on its obverse and an eagle in flight on its reverse. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 June 2021",
"The trite but Twitter-ready condition\u2014must love dogs\u2014stretched the challenge by choosing an image of a Shiba Inu, the most cat-like of pooches, for the coin\u2019s obverse . \u2014 David Lavie, Robb Report , 24 May 2021",
"In many ways, Mr. Davis, 72, is the obverse of Mr. Courtney. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1658, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin obversus , from past participle of obvertere to turn toward, from ob- toward + vertere to turn \u2014 more at ob- , worth":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259b-\u02c8v\u0259rs",
"\u02c8\u00e4b-\u02ccv\u0259rs",
"\u0259b-",
"\u00e4b-\u02c8v\u0259rs"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"antipode",
"antithesis",
"contrary",
"counter",
"negative",
"opposite",
"reverse"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014822",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"obversion":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the operation of immediate inference that gives the obverse":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-v\u0259izh- also -sh\u0259n",
"\u00e4b\u02c8v\u0259rzh\u0259n",
"-v\u0259\u0304zh-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin obversion-, obversio , from obversus (past participle of obvertere ) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-041340"
},
"obvert":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to subject (a proposition in logic) to obversion":[],
": to turn so as to present a different surface to view : to change the appearance or seeming of":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin obvertere to turn towards, from ob- to, toward + vertere to turn":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-v\u0259it",
"-v\u0259\u0304t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061100",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"obvertend":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a proposition upon which the operation of obversion is performed":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin obvertendus , gerundive of obvertere to obvert":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4bv\u0259(r)\u02cctend"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033734",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obviable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": capable of being obviated":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"obvi ate + -able":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4bv\u0113\u0259b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014120",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"obviate":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary":[
"The new medical treatment obviates the need for surgery."
]
},
"examples":[
"The new medical treatment obviates the need for surgery.",
"The new treatment obviates many of the risks associated with surgery.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The process is called in-ovo sexing, and such technologies, versions of which are already deployed in some countries, can obviate the need for live chick culling. \u2014 Jonathan Moens, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Mar. 2021",
"The process is called in-ovo sexing, and such technologies, versions of which are already deployed in some countries, can obviate the need for live chick culling. \u2014 Jonathan Moens, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Issue 9 could obviate all of that work, which raises the question of whether that is the real intention. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The process is called in-ovo sexing, and such technologies, versions of which are already deployed in some countries, can obviate the need for live chick culling. \u2014 Jonathan Moens, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Mar. 2021",
"The process is called in-ovo sexing, and such technologies, versions of which are already deployed in some countries, can obviate the need for live chick culling. \u2014 Jonathan Moens, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Mar. 2021",
"In the lead-up to its publication, this anti-parasitic drug has been championed in right wing circles, presumably as a way to obviate the need for a coronavirus vaccine. \u2014 Andy Meek, Forbes , 6 Sep. 2021",
"This would obviate any need in the foreseeable future to list on the capital markets in order to better compete for top talent. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The Senate\u2014average Member age: 64\u2014has navigated pandemic risks without proxy floor voting, and vaccines obviate whatever public-health rationale once existed. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1567, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin obviatus , past participle of obviare to meet, withstand, from Latin obviam":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4b-v\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"avert",
"forestall",
"head off",
"help",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"stave off"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115520",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"obviative":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an obviative grammatical form":[],
": denoting the second of two third persons referred to in a context (as in the construction in some languages corresponding to \u201che held his [another's] horse\u201d) \u2014 compare proximate":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"obviate + -ive":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"\u02c8\u00e4bv\u0113\u02cc\u0101tiv"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185025",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"obvious":{
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
],
"definitions":{
": being in the way or in front":[],
": easily discovered, seen, or understood":[
"It was obvious that things weren't working out.",
"She stayed for obvious reasons."
]
},
"examples":[
"Her doctor immediately noticed the obvious signs of the disease.",
"She saw only the most obvious differences.",
"It was obvious that things weren't working out.",
"The answer seems obvious enough to me.",
"The problem was immediately obvious to everyone in the room.",
"He was the obvious candidate for president.",
"The obvious question is: how did he become so successful",
"For obvious reasons, I would not like to reveal my name.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Canada\u2019s appeals are obvious : the nature, the livable cities, the publicly funded health care, the diversity, the lower crime rates. \u2014 Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"For most New Yorkers, aghast at spectacles such as the mass shooting in Brooklyn on April 12, the need for such a focus is obvious . \u2014 Stephen Eide, National Review , 23 June 2022",
"The danger of stopping a ventilator that sustains someone\u2019s oxygen flow is obvious . \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"At the risk of being obvious or asking an impossible question: Where did this instinct come from",
"His baseline appeal is obvious \u2014 an Irishness that resonates in the most concentrated Irish diaspora in the country. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"To an extent, all the choices were obvious at a time when FIFA viewed the U.S. as an emerging market in the days before Major League Soccer. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"That the Arizona call freaked out Trump World was obvious ; having such a verdict, especially coming from his usually dependable cheerleading squad at Fox, was devastating. \u2014 Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"The psychological rationale is obvious \u2014shedding the last bits of empire is hard to contemplate. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin obvius , from obviam in the way, from ob in the way of + viam , accusative of via way \u2014 more at ob- , via":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4b-v\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for obvious evident , manifest , patent , distinct , obvious , apparent , plain , clear mean readily perceived or apprehended. evident implies presence of visible signs that lead one to a definite conclusion. an evident fondness for sweets manifest implies an external display so evident that little or no inference is required. manifest hostility patent applies to a cause, effect, or significant feature that is clear and unmistakable once attention has been directed to it. patent defects distinct implies such sharpness of outline or definition that no unusual effort to see or hear or comprehend is required. a distinct refusal obvious implies such ease in discovering that it often suggests conspicuousness or little need for perspicacity in the observer. the obvious solution apparent is very close to evident except that it may imply more conscious exercise of inference. for no apparent reason plain suggests lack of intricacy, complexity, or elaboration. her feelings about him are plain clear implies an absence of anything that confuses the mind or obscures the pattern. a clear explanation",
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063713",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"obviously":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": as is plainly evident":[
"Obviously , something is wrong.",
"She obviously enjoys her work."
],
": in an obvious manner":[
"showed his anger obviously"
]
},
"examples":[
"She obviously enjoys her work.",
"Their answer was obviously wrong.",
"That's obviously not her real name.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At a time when the company is overstaffed and sitting on idle warehouses, anything that cuts down on excess overhead will obviously get explored. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"And on an acting level, too, there\u2019s obviously so much more that can happen when there are two factors instead of trying to create something that\u2019s built around yourself. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 28 June 2022",
"The notion that anyone still believes Trump, a person so clearly dangerous and so obviously unhinged, should come anywhere remotely near the White House ever again. \u2014 Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"How about signing Bogaerts, who obviously wants to stay here, to an extension while the Red Sox are in New York over the next few weeks",
"DJ LeMahieu, who was playing second base Monday, is a natural second baseman and obviously doesn\u2019t change the lineup much. \u2014 Kristie Ackert, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
"With all that, Saturday seemed a bright June day, obviously a summer\u2019s day, a day that did its part to create and contribute to the carefree vibe of the weekend and the season. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"The Chargers coached that game and, obviously , ended up taking Eli and trading with the Giants. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 26 June 2022",
"Most obviously , the right to terminate a pregnancy arose straight out of the right to purchase and use contraception. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 24 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4b-v\u0113-\u0259s-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021534",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"obviousness":{
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
],
"definitions":{
": being in the way or in front":[],
": easily discovered, seen, or understood":[
"It was obvious that things weren't working out.",
"She stayed for obvious reasons."
]
},
"examples":[
"Her doctor immediately noticed the obvious signs of the disease.",
"She saw only the most obvious differences.",
"It was obvious that things weren't working out.",
"The answer seems obvious enough to me.",
"The problem was immediately obvious to everyone in the room.",
"He was the obvious candidate for president.",
"The obvious question is: how did he become so successful",
"For obvious reasons, I would not like to reveal my name.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Canada\u2019s appeals are obvious : the nature, the livable cities, the publicly funded health care, the diversity, the lower crime rates. \u2014 Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"For most New Yorkers, aghast at spectacles such as the mass shooting in Brooklyn on April 12, the need for such a focus is obvious . \u2014 Stephen Eide, National Review , 23 June 2022",
"The danger of stopping a ventilator that sustains someone\u2019s oxygen flow is obvious . \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"At the risk of being obvious or asking an impossible question: Where did this instinct come from",
"His baseline appeal is obvious \u2014 an Irishness that resonates in the most concentrated Irish diaspora in the country. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"To an extent, all the choices were obvious at a time when FIFA viewed the U.S. as an emerging market in the days before Major League Soccer. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"That the Arizona call freaked out Trump World was obvious ; having such a verdict, especially coming from his usually dependable cheerleading squad at Fox, was devastating. \u2014 Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"The psychological rationale is obvious \u2014shedding the last bits of empire is hard to contemplate. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin obvius , from obviam in the way, from ob in the way of + viam , accusative of via way \u2014 more at ob- , via":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4b-v\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for obvious evident , manifest , patent , distinct , obvious , apparent , plain , clear mean readily perceived or apprehended. evident implies presence of visible signs that lead one to a definite conclusion. an evident fondness for sweets manifest implies an external display so evident that little or no inference is required. manifest hostility patent applies to a cause, effect, or significant feature that is clear and unmistakable once attention has been directed to it. patent defects distinct implies such sharpness of outline or definition that no unusual effort to see or hear or comprehend is required. a distinct refusal obvious implies such ease in discovering that it often suggests conspicuousness or little need for perspicacity in the observer. the obvious solution apparent is very close to evident except that it may imply more conscious exercise of inference. for no apparent reason plain suggests lack of intricacy, complexity, or elaboration. her feelings about him are plain clear implies an absence of anything that confuses the mind or obscures the pattern. a clear explanation",
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183736",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"obvolute":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": overlapping , contorted , convolute":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin obvolutus , past participle of obvolvere":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"usually -\u00fct+V",
"\u02c8\u00e4bv\u0259\u02ccl\u00fct also -\u0259l\u02ccy\u00fct"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131515",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"obvolve":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": enwrap":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4b\u02c8v\u00e4lv"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin obvolvere to roll around, wrap around, from ob- to, over + volvere to roll":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-050832"
},
"obv":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":{
"obverse":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-100227"
},
"obvallate":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": surrounded by or as if by a wall":[
"obvallate papillae"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)\u00e4b+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin obvallatus , past participle of obvallare to surround with a wall, from ob- toward, over + vallare to surround with a wall, from vallum wall, rampart":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-100229"
},
"obvelation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": veiling , concealing \u2014 compare revelation":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4bv\u0259\u02c8l\u0101sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin obvelare to cover over, hide (from ob- toward, over + velare to cover, from velum covering, veil) + English -ation":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-100231"
},
"obvention":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": something that comes casually (as an incidental advantage or an occasional religious offering)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4b\u02c8vench\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English obvencioun , from Middle French obvention , from Latin obvention-, obventio income, revenue, from Latin obventus (past participle of obvenire to come about, from ob- to, toward + venire to come) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-100234"
}
}