"obviate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɒb.viˌeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔb.viˌeɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-obviate.wav [Southern-England], En-us-obviate.oga [US]
Etymology: From Latin obviāre (“to block, to hinder”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|obviāre||to block, to hinder}} Latin obviāre (“to block, to hinder”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} obviate (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) Synonym of obviative Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: obviative [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-obviate-en-adj-4RmLBoyW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 9 13 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈɒb.viˌeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔb.viˌeɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-obviate.wav [Southern-England], En-us-obviate.oga [US] Forms: obviates [plural]
Etymology: From Latin obviāre (“to block, to hinder”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|obviāre||to block, to hinder}} Latin obviāre (“to block, to hinder”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} obviate (plural obviates)
  1. (linguistics) Synonym of obviative Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: obviative [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-obviate-en-noun-4RmLBoyW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 9 13 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Verb

IPA: /ˈɒb.viˌeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔb.viˌeɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-obviate.wav [Southern-England], En-us-obviate.oga [US] Forms: obviates [present, singular, third-person], obviating [participle, present], obviated [participle, past], obviated [past]
Etymology: From Latin obviāre (“to block, to hinder”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|obviāre||to block, to hinder}} Latin obviāre (“to block, to hinder”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} obviate (third-person singular simple present obviates, present participle obviating, simple past and past participle obviated)
  1. (transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required). Tags: transitive Translations (to bypass a requirement): overbodig maken (Dutch), omzeilen (Dutch), sennecesigi (Esperanto), välttää (Finnish), rendre superflu (French), éviter (French), თავიდან აცილება (tavidan acileba) (Georgian), თავის არიდება (tavis arideba) (Georgian), überflüssig machen (German), umgehen (German), προλαβαίνω (prolavaíno) (Greek), szükségtelenné/feleslegessé tesz (Hungarian), elhárít (Hungarian), kiküszöböl (Hungarian), elkerül (Hungarian), leszerel (Hungarian), elejét veszi (Hungarian), eloszlat (Hungarian), ovviare (Italian), evitare (Italian), prevenire (Italian), overflødiggjøre (Norwegian Bokmål), overflødiggjere (Norwegian Nynorsk), obviar (Portuguese), избега́ть (izbegátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уклоня́ться (uklonjátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), obviar (Spanish), undanröja (Swedish), förebygga (Swedish), kringgå (Swedish), undvika (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-obviate-en-verb-fYuIuycC Disambiguation of 'to bypass a requirement': 80 20
  2. (transitive) To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-obviate-en-verb-T5Id1aN5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 9 13

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to bypass a requirement",
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      "sense": "to bypass a requirement",
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      "sense": "to bypass a requirement",
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      "sense": "to bypass a requirement",
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      "sense": "to bypass a requirement",
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      "word": "избега́ть"
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