Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obv.

/ɒbv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: ob-v.
IPA: /ɒbv/

8

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Abbreviation of obvious.

adv

Abbreviation of obviously.

noun

Abbreviation of obverse.

Example Sentences

"J. is dating P. at NYU and modeling on the side. They're planning to meet us in Paris for spring break so J. can go to some look-sees (and eat some escargot, obv.)."
"The discovery of the above obv. coupled with the rev. type of ‘four standards’ and a comparison with the obv. of no. 99 necessitates a few comments with regard to the date of these two miliarensia, both marked CONS (only the v. Echt specimen of no. 99 has been available for comparison)."

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɒbv/

Inflected Forms

more obv. (comparative) most obv. (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

rev.

Questions

How do you pronounce obv.?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɒbv/.
What does obv. mean?: Abbreviation of obvious.

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