obviating

Describes something that makes a need or difficulty unnecessary; serving to prevent or remove.

• 🇫🇷Qui rend une nécessité ou une difficulté inutile ; servant à prévenir ou à éliminer.

1. Made unnecessary or prevented C1 formal

   Describing something that has been made unnecessary or avoided, typically by taking prior action.

   • The new safety measures were obviating any risk of accidents.
   • His careful planning was obviating the need for last-minute changes.
   • The automated system was obviating the manual checks entirely.

   🇫🇷rendu inutile / évité

• more obviating comparative form
• most obviating superlative form

A verb used to indicate the act of removing or preventing a need or difficulty, making something unnecessary.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de supprimer ou de prévenir une nécessité ou une difficulté, rendant quelque chose inutile.

1. Remove or prevent C1 formal

   To remove a need or difficulty; to prevent something from happening.

   • The new software obviates the need for manual data entry.
   • Proper planning can obviate many potential problems.
   • His apology obviated the need for further discussion.

   🇫🇷Éliminer un besoin ou une difficulté

   Synonymes: avertavoidcountereliminateforestallprecludepreventremove

   Antonymes: allowcausecreateintroducenecessitatepermitrequire

• obviated past participle
• obviated past simple
• obviating present participle
• obviates third person singular