obvious choice
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- noun
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elección obvia
- After reviewing all the candidates, John was the obvious choice for the promotion.
- make it an obvious choice
But besides Dubai, which is the obvious choice, it's harder.
- But besides Dubai, which is the obvious choice, it's harder.
- Cheers guys, seems like an obvious choice to me.
- The the first one is the, of course, the Ford Model T, which is an obvious choice for this book.
- That that does actually seem like the most obvious choice.
- And then there was suddenly the obvious choice, which was the third choice.
- So you become the no brainer obvious choice.
- And so my head was completely spinning and NFL Network, you know, was was the obvious choice for me to how soon after the ESPN right away.
- Our next guest was ACD of the speeches of Hitler, which again, yeah, but maybe a bit of an obvious choice.
- But that's my, that's the way I do it, you know, and like often times I'll my first pass on the script, I'll do the obvious choice and then the the red red herring choice.
- Looking at all the different trajectories before us getting vaccinated is seems like from the data, it seems like the obvious choice, frankly.
Examples
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Given her experience and skills, Jennifer was the obvious choice to lead the project.
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Ray was the obvious choice, but Pat was in the running, too.
Blog text (19) -
And then there was suddenly the obvious choice, which was the third choice.
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...the obvious choice for the job...
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Since you are already on the scene asking questions, you seem the obvious choice.
Fiction book (1990) -
Well, this seems to be the obvious choice for H.
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Let me start with the obvious choice, Harry Potter.
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A clear mandate is the obvious choice in this question.
Blog text (11) -
In retrospect, this was the obvious choice.
Academic text (1998) -
London is clearly the obvious choice, even if a pint of lager is a tad more expensive.
Blog text (31)
Synonyms
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A choice that is most suitable among other choices
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Morphology
The phrase is a transparent adjective+noun combination: 'obvious' (clearly apparent) modifies 'choice' (an option), so the meaning 'a clearly best or logical option' is directly derivable from the constituents. This compositional pattern is common across languages and follows basic English grammar, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Obvious choice gives a simple picture: one option stands out clearly, like a bright red apple among green ones. The word obvious means easy to see and choice means the thing you pick, so the phrase means 'a decision that is clearly the best or most logical'.