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  • 1. obviate
  • Rhymes with Obviate
  • Quotes about obviate
  • obviate in a sentence
  • 2. obviate
Table of Contents
  • 1. obviate
  • Rhymes with Obviate
  • Quotes about obviate
  • obviate in a sentence
  • 2. obviate
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology

1. obviate

verb. ['ˈɑːbviːˌeɪt'] prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.

Synonyms

  • forestall
  • foreclose
  • forbid
  • stave off
  • forefend
  • avert
  • deflect
  • forfend
  • debar
  • avoid
  • ward off
  • preclude
  • fend off
  • prevent

Antonyms

  • decriminalise
  • legalize
  • permit
  • decriminalize

Etymology

  • obviare (Latin)

Rhymes with Obviate

  • abbreviate
  • affiliate
  • alleviate
  • appreciate
  • appropriate
  • asphyxiate
  • associate
  • associate
  • delineate
  • depreciate
  • deviate
  • differentiate
  • differentiate
  • emaciate
  • enunciate
  • enunciate
  • excoriate
  • expatriate
  • expiate
  • expropriate

Quotes about obviate


1. "By obviating the need to commute, remote work has enabled people to live in cheaper areas and improve their work
/> ife balance."

2. "The goal of medicine is to obviate the need for it."
William Osler, Canadian physician

Sentences with obviate


1. Verb, base form
Most Frigidaire gas oven ranges use sealed burners to obviate the need to raise the range top for cleaning.

2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
The wireless bridge and powerline bridge both obviate the necessity of stringing Ethernet cable through walls or an attic.

2. obviate

verb. ['ˈɑːbviːˌeɪt'] do away with.

Synonyms

  • close out
  • eliminate
  • preclude
  • rid of

Antonyms

  • allow
  • confront
  • validate
  • consume

Etymology

  • obviare (Latin)
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