Obviate vs Ac - What's the difference?
obviate | ac |
To bypass a requirement or make it unnecessary; to avoid a future problem or difficult situation.
* 1826', Richard Reece, ''A Practical Dissertation on the Means of '''Obviating & Treating the Varieties of Costiveness ,
* 2004 , David J. Anderson, Agile Management for Software Engineering ,
* 2008 , William S. Kroger, Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis: In Medicine, Dentistry, and Psychology ,
absolute ceiling
account current
acre
(music) adult contemporary, a radio format
air conditioning; air conditioned
air corps
aircraftman
all clear, as in button on electronic calculator
(electricity) alternating current; often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current, as in 110V AC.
anno Christi, in the year of Christ.
ante Christum, before Christ.
(medical) ante cibum, before meals.
(religion) antichristian
area code
army corps
(legal) as charged, as in: guilty as charged, usually
athletic club
(Internet, slang) audible chuckle (rfex)
author's correction
automobile club
(US, military) Auxiliary Collier - a naval coal transport that travels with the fleet to provide coal for coal powered warships
(set theory) axiom of choice
(Australia) Companion of the Order of Australia.
aviation cadet
America's Cup (competition yacht sailing match racing regatta)
(label)
Aceh, an autonomous province of Indonesia.
(geography) Acre, a state of Brazil.
As a verb obviate
is to bypass a requirement or make it unnecessary; to avoid a future problem or difficult situation.As an adjective ac is
cruel, severe, fierce.obviate
English
Verb
(obviat)- They saved enough money for their purchase and obviated the need to borrow.
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- A mild dose of a warm active aperient to obviate costiveness, or to produce two motions daily, is generally very beneficial.
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- Some change requests, rather than extend the scope, obviate some of the existing scope of a project.
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- Thus, to obviate resistance, the discussion should be relevant to the patient?s problems.