It is self-evident that we will never have enough resources to meet the demand...
The implications for this country are self-evident.
The task was self-evidently impossible...
Self-evidently a handful of companies will benefit.
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self-evident — adj formal clearly true and needing no more proof = ↑obvious ▪ self evident truths it is self evident (that) ▪ It is self evident that childhood experiences influence our adult behaviour … Dictionary of contemporary English
Self-evident — Self ev i*dent, a. Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self evident proposition or truth. {Self ev i*dent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
self-evident — 1680s, from SELF (Cf. self) + EVIDENT (Cf. evident). First attested in Locke s Essay Concerning Human Understanding … Etymology dictionary
self-evident — [self′ev′i dənt] adj. evident without need of proof or explanation self evidently adv … English World dictionary
self-evident — adjective obvious, and therefore not needing any explanation ╾ ,self evidently adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
self-evident — / self explanatory [adj] obvious apparent, axiomatic, clear, comprehensible, incontrovertible, inescapable, manifest, patently true, plain, prima facie, undeniable, understandable, unmistakable, unquestionable, visible; concepts 529,548 Ant.… … New thesaurus
self-evident — index apparent (perceptible), axiomatic, certain (positive), clear (apparent), coherent ( … Law dictionary
self-evident — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not needing to be demonstrated or explained; obvious … English terms dictionary
self-evident — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, seem ▪ become ADVERB ▪ by no means ▪ These ideas were by no means self evident when they were first sugg … Collocations dictionary
self-evident — adjective clearly true and needing no more proof; obvious (1): self evident truths … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
