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71self-evident — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, seem ▪ become ADVERB ▪ by no means ▪ These ideas were by no means self evident when they were first sugg …
72self-evident — 1680s, from SELF (Cf. self) + EVIDENT (Cf. evident). First attested in Locke s Essay Concerning Human Understanding …
73self-evident — ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ A fact or situation that is self evident is so obvious that there is no need for proof or explanation. It is self evident that we will never have enough resources to meet the demand... The implications for this country… …
74The legal profession is ever illustrating the obvious, explaining the evident, expatiating the commonplace. — The legal profession is ever illustrating the obvious, explaining the evident, expatiating the commonplace. The legal profession is ever illustrating the obvious, explaining the evident, expatiating the commonplace. Prime Minister Benjamin… …
75apparent, evident — These words are closely related in meaning, but apparent often suggests the use of reasoning: It is apparent that Jackson will win the election. Evident implies the existence of external signs, facts of some sort: His sorrow was evident. Apparent …
76tamper-evident — tamper .evident adj BrE a package or container that is tamper evident is made so that you can see if someone has opened it before it is sold in the shops American Equivalent: tamper resistant …
77self-evident — [self′ev′i dənt] adj. evident without need of proof or explanation self evidently adv …
78self-evident — adjective Date: 1671 evident without proof or reasoning • self evidently adverb …
79self-evident — self evidence, n. self evidently, adv. /self ev i deuhnt, self /, adj. evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic. [1665 75] Syn. obvious, self explanatory. * * * …
80self-evident — Not a very useful philosophical term, since what is evident by itself to one person, may not be so to another. See also a priori/a posteriori, myth of the given …