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Obviously true, and requiring no proof, argument or explanation, axiomatic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
evident without proof or argument
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an axiomatic truth
- we hold these truths to be self-evident
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: axiomatic, taken for granted(p)
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English evident English self-evident From self- + evident.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
очевиден
(očeviden)
— obviously true
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Chinese Mandarin:
不言而喻
(bùyán'éryù)
— obviously true
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Chinese Mandarin:
不言自明
(bùyánzìmíng)
— obviously true
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Chinese Mandarin:
顯然 /显然
(xiǎnrán)
— obviously true
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Czech:
samozřejmý
— obviously true
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Dutch:
vanzelfsprekend
— obviously true
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Esperanto:
memkomprenebla
— obviously true
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Estonian:
enesestmõistetav
— obviously true
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Finnish:
itsestään selvä
— obviously true
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French:
l'évidence même
— obviously true
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Georgian:
აშკარა
(ašḳara)
— obviously true
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Georgian:
ნათელი
(nateli)
— obviously true
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Georgian:
ცხადი
(cxadi)
— obviously true
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Georgian:
თავისთავად ცხადი
(tavistavad cxadi)
— obviously true
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Georgian:
უდავო
(udavo)
— obviously true
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German:
selbstverständlich
— obviously true
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Greek:
αυταπόδεικτος
(aftapódeiktos)
— obviously true
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Greek:
αυτονόητος
(aftonóitos)
— obviously true
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Hindi:
आत्मसिद्ध
(ātmasiddh)
— obviously true
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Hungarian:
magától értetődő
— obviously true
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Icelandic:
sjálfgefinn
— obviously true
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Icelandic:
sjálfsagður
— obviously true
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Italian:
evidente
— obviously true
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Italian:
lapalissiano
— obviously true
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Italian:
ovvio
— obviously true
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Japanese:
自明の
(jimei no)
— obviously true
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Navajo:
tʼáá bééhózíní
— obviously true
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Polish:
zrozumiały sam przez się
— obviously true
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Portuguese:
autoevidente
— obviously true
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Portuguese:
óbvio
— obviously true
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Romanian:
de la sine înțeles
— obviously true
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Romanian:
de la sine evident
— obviously true
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Russian:
самоочеви́дный
(samoočevídnyj)
— obviously true
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Russian:
само́ собо́й разуме́ющийся
(samó sobój razuméjuščijsja)
— obviously true
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Russian:
очеви́дный
(očevídnyj)
— obviously true
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Spanish:
autoevidente
— obviously true
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Spanish:
lógico
— obviously true
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Spanish:
evidente
— obviously true
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Swedish:
självklar
— obviously true