obviate
pronunciation
How to pronounce obviate in British English:
UK [ˈɒbvieɪt]
How to pronounce obviate in American English:
US [ˈɑbvieɪt]
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- Verb:
- do away with
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
Word Origin
- obviate (v.)
- 1590s, "to meet and do away with," from Late Latin obviatus, past participle of obviare "act contrary to, go against," from Latin obvius "that is in the way, that moves against" (see obvious). Related: Obviated; obviating.
Example
- 1. They are keen , however , on adult stem cells , which they hope may obviate the use of the embryonic kind .
- 2. That does not obviate sensible , in some cases stronger , intergovernmental co-operation .
- 3. A fair part of this can be smoothed out if the various sources are linked into an electric grid that is sufficiently large , robust and smart , but that does not obviate all the need for baseload .
- 4. Ultimately , mr li wants to obviate operating systems so that the customer interface on any device , be it a personal computer , notebook , tablet or smartphone , is a simple baidu search box .
- 5. Corporate governance reforms such as the appointment of lead independent directors have helped to ameliorate the problem , but they do not obviate it .