obviate
11obviate — obviable /ob vee euh beuhl/, adj. obviation, n. obviator, n. /ob vee ayt /, v.t., obviated, obviating. to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of… …
12obviate — verb Obviate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑necessity, ↑need …
13obviate — does not mean reduce or make more acceptable, as is often thought: A total redesign of the system should obviate complaints about its reliability (London Times). It means to make unnecessary …
14obviate — verb (T) 1 obviate the need formal to make something unnecessary: The use of a credit card obviates the need to carry a lot of money. 2 to remove a difficulty …
15obviate — /ˈɒbvieɪt / (say obveeayt) verb (t) (obviated, obviating) to meet and dispose of or prevent (difficulties, objections, etc.) by effective measures: *This will obviate the necessity of deciding who will take the one compass. –patrick white, 1957.… …
16obviate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Late Latin obviatus, past participle of obviare to meet, withstand, from Latin obviam Date: 1598 to anticipate and prevent (as a situation) or make unnecessary (as an action) • obviation noun …
17obviate — verb /ˈɒbviˌeɪt,ˈɑbviˌeɪt/ To bypass a requirement or make it unnecessary. They saved enough money for their purchase and obviated the need to borrow …
18obviate — Synonyms and related words: anticipate, avert, bar, debar, deflect, deter, discourage, dishearten, estop, exclude, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, help, interfere, interpose, intervene, keep from, keep off, preclude, prevent,… …
19obviate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. preclude, debar. See hindrance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. preclude, forestall, block; see hinder , prevent , restrain 1 . See Synonym Study at prevent . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. preclude,… …
20obviate — ob|vi|ate [ˈɔbvieıt US ˈa:b ] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of obviare to meet, be unharmed by , from Latin obviam in the way ] formal to prevent or avoid a problem or the need to do something = ↑eliminate ▪ The… …
