obviation
- noun
- /ˌɑbvɪˈeɪʃən/
- Formal
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obviación
- Despite the protest of counsel for the defendants that the utility of the hot blast was not disputed, Mr. Kelly took Russell through a sequence of questions designed to bring out in just what ways it was useful (i.e., the obviation of the need to coke the coal, the saving of fuel, etc.).
Examples
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Effective planning can lead to the obviation of delays and unexpected challenges during the event.
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Her proactive approach resulted in the obviation of complications that could have arisen later.
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The researchers gather data from deep beneath the ocean by installing CORK (Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kit) observatories into the boreholes.
Academic text (2012) -
Other than the rampant self-promotion of awful cooking on his early Food Network show, his shilling for TGI Friday's should be a complete obviation of how he's as low as it gets in terms of food.
Blog text (9) -
Members of the Expedition 336 shipboard science party pose for a photograph moments before a completed CORK (circulation obviation retrofit kit) is lowered into the sea.
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Microbiologist Katrina Edwards and biogeochemist Heath Mills sample material from a CORK (circulation obviation retrofit kit) as it is retrieved from the seafloor.
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The obviation of potential issues in the project allowed the team to focus on their main goals.
Synonyms
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2.4
Stopping something harmful from happening
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3.7
Keeping away from something or stopping it from happening
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8.5
Preventing something by dealing with it before it happens
Stopping something before it happens by acting early
Stopping something bad from happening
Antonyms
How Preventive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word obviation comes from Latin parts ob- 'against' and via 'way', so it originally meant 'to meet something in the way'. Think of meeting a problem on the road and stopping it before it reaches you, which is why obviation means preventing a problem by acting early.