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obviate | ac |

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)
  • To bypass a requirement or make it unnecessary; to avoid a future problem or difficult situation.
  • They saved enough money for their purchase and obviated the need to borrow.
  • * 1826', Richard Reece, ''A Practical Dissertation on the Means of '''Obviating & Treating the Varieties of Costiveness , page 181:
  • A mild dose of a warm active aperient to obviate costiveness, or to produce two motions daily, is generally very beneficial.
  • * 2004 , David J. Anderson, Agile Management for Software Engineering , page 180:
  • Some change requests, rather than extend the scope, obviate some of the existing scope of a project.
  • * 2008 , William S. Kroger, Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis: In Medicine, Dentistry, and Psychology , page 163:
  • Thus, to obviate resistance, the discussion should be relevant to the patient?s problems.

    ac

    English

    (wikipedia AC)

    Alternative forms

    * (air conditioning) * (alternating current) , ac * (army corps, atheletic club) * (anno Christi, ante Christum) * (ante cibum)

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • 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)
  • Synonyms

    * (anno Christi) AD (anno Domini) * (ante Christum) BC (before Christ)

    Antonyms

    * (alternating current) DC * (ante Christum) AD (anno Domini)

    Derived terms

    * (sense, America's Cup) ** IACC ** ** ** *

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • Aceh, an autonomous province of Indonesia.
  • (geography) Acre, a state of Brazil.
  • Anagrams

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