What does obviate mean?
Definitions for obviate
ˈɒb viˌeɪtob·vi·ate
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Princeton's WordNet
obviate, rid of, eliminateverb
do away with
debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward offverb
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
"Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
Wiktionary
obviateverb
To bypass a requirement or make it unnecessary.
Etymology: From obviare
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Obviateverb
To meet in the way; to prevent.
Etymology: from obvius, Lat. obvier, Fr.
To lay down every thing in its full light, so as to obviate all exceptions, and remove every difficulty, would carry me out too far. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.
ChatGPT
obviate
Obviate refers to the action of removing, avoiding, or preventing something, typically referring to a need, difficulty, or problem.
Webster Dictionary
Obviateverb
to meet in the way
Obviateverb
to anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going
Etymology: [L. obviare; ob (see Ob-) + viare to go, fr. via way. See Voyage.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Obviate
ob′vi-āt, v.t. to meet on the way, hence to remove, as difficulties. [L. obviāre, -ātum—ob, in the way of, viāre, viātum, to go—via, a way.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of obviate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of obviate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of obviate in a Sentence
If they really wanted to explore and give oversight, and throw some sunshine on this process, they would have done what the court expected them to do, instead, they are hoping to obviate that litigation.
The South Africa variant is very concerning right now because it does appear that may it obviate some of our medical countermeasures, particularly the antibody drugs.
This is really going to help a lot with the short-term drought in Northern California, perhaps even erase short-term drought conditions, but it’s going to take a lot more to completely obviate the longer term, multi-year drought impacts.
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