Meaning & use
Obviated
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Removed a need, difficulty, or obstacle in advance, making it unnecessary to deal with.
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The new software obviated the need for manual data entry.
Early planning obviated many of the problems the team would later have faced.
A note on using this word
From Latin 'obviare,' meaning to act against or block the way, reflecting the idea of heading off a problem before it arises.
Words with a similar meaning
eliminatedpreventedaverted
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Words with an opposite meaning
causednecessitated
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