Obviate
verb
To avoid or stop something from being necessary.
The new system obviates the need for manual checking.
Often appears as...
- obviate the need
- obviate a problem
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To avoid or stop something from being necessary.
The new system obviates the need for manual checking.
Often appears as...
- obviate the need
- obviate a problem
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Problem Solving
Use 'obviate' to express making an issue unnecessary to deal with.
Installing a dishwasher obviates the chore of hand-washing dishes.
Pro Tip 2/3Preemption
'Obviate' implies taking action to prevent something before it becomes an issue.
Vaccinations can obviate the outbreak of certain diseases.
Pro Tip 3/3Future oriented
It often relates to avoiding future problems or needs.
Cloud storage obviates the worry of losing data when your computer crashes.
Pro Tip 1/3Problem Solving
Use 'obviate' to express making an issue unnecessary to deal with.
Installing a dishwasher obviates the chore of hand-washing dishes.
Pro Tip 2/3Preemption
'Obviate' implies taking action to prevent something before it becomes an issue.
Vaccinations can obviate the outbreak of certain diseases.
Pro Tip 3/3Future oriented
It often relates to avoiding future problems or needs.
Cloud storage obviates the worry of losing data when your computer crashes.
Pro Tip 1/3Problem Solving
Use 'obviate' to express making an issue unnecessary to deal with.
Installing a dishwasher obviates the chore of hand-washing dishes.
Pro Tip 2/3Preemption
'Obviate' implies taking action to prevent something before it becomes an issue.
Vaccinations can obviate the outbreak of certain diseases.
Pro Tip 3/3Future oriented
It often relates to avoiding future problems or needs.
Cloud storage obviates the worry of losing data when your computer crashes.
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Video examples
Richard Pyle: Exploring...
It makes you loopy; the deeper you go, the loopier you get. You don't want to drive drunk, you don't want to dive drunk. So that's a real big problem. And of course, the third problem is the one I found out the hard way in Palau, which is the bends. One thing I forgot to mention is that to obviate the problem of nitrogen narcosis -- all of those blue dots in our body --
Video examples
Richard Pyle: Exploring...
It makes you loopy; the deeper you go, the loopier you get. You don't want to drive drunk, you don't want to dive drunk. So that's a real big problem. And of course, the third problem is the one I found out the hard way in Palau, which is the bends. One thing I forgot to mention is that to obviate the problem of nitrogen narcosis -- all of those blue dots in our body --
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Quote examples
Joseph Lancaster
English Educator
A system of education, which would not gratify this disposition in any party, is requisite, in order to obviate the difficulty, and the reader will find a something said to that purpose in perusing this tract.
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Sam Altman
American Businessman
Technology magnifies differences, and it's been replacing or obviating jobs for a long time. But what happens as that case accelerates? I'm not one of these doomsayers who says, 'There will be no jobs.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish Politician
I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic transformation in the Middle East.
Quote examples
Joseph Lancaster
English Educator
A system of education, which would not gratify this disposition in any party, is requisite, in order to obviate the difficulty, and the reader will find a something said to that purpose in perusing this tract.
Quote examples
Sam Altman
American Businessman
Technology magnifies differences, and it's been replacing or obviating jobs for a long time. But what happens as that case accelerates? I'm not one of these doomsayers who says, 'There will be no jobs.
Quote examples
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish Politician
I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic transformation in the Middle East.
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