Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with obvious in American Collocation
obvious
adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
very
You may have missed something blindingly obvious.
fairly
The turn is right, not left, off the main road (as there is no left turn this will be fairly obvious!)
more and more
Towards the end of the 18th Century, it became increasingly obvious that nobody had any idea about the number of people living in the British Isles.
reason or result
The majority of companies have restrictive contracts for obvious reasons.
difference/similarity
There are the obvious parallels with what happened in America during the fifties
good thing
The most obvious advantage of a caravanning holiday is financial.
bad thing
The obvious flaw in this film is the lack of Kevin Bacon.
choice
I was interested in finance and banking was the obvious choice after university.
seem obvious
It would seem obvious that resources should be weighted to the areas where there is greatest need.
be or become obvious
By the 1830’s it had become obvious that Queen Adelaide was not going to produce a living child.
make something obvious
They made it obvious they didn’t like me.