how to pronounce obvious

/ˈɑːbviːəs/

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obvious is pronounced in three syllables

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ɑː

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iː

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An example use of obvious in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… everything some obvious signs are …”

meanings of obvious

adjective:

Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.

obvious frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word obvious occurs in english on average 67.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics obvious can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that obvious can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;