Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Needing no explanation; obvious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Explaining itself; needing no explanation; bearing its meaning on its own face; obvious.
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- adjective
Obvious , having a nature that makes it clear or thatexplains itself.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective needing no explanation
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Examples
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“The name is self-explanatory, I would have thought.”
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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“The name is self-explanatory, I would have thought.”
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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In some ways, the title was self-explanatory: "Toronto Community Housing Corporation - Controls Over Employee Expenses Are Ineffective."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY 2011
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But I had a feeling this was going to be one of those self-explanatory columns—that I was but a conduit to bring the teen idol and his fans ever slightly closer together, or at least that I was an innocent shill, a cog in the Someday perfume and matching lotion and hair spray merchandizing machinery.
Some Kid Named Justin Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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The math that supports President Nicolas Sarkozy's reforms is self-explanatory: France cannot continue to devote 29.2% of its GDP to social-security spending (second only to Sweden within the OECD) with its current rate of growth of just 0.3%.
Dissecting French Schizophrenia Rachel Marsden 2010
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"Genre" column: the abbreviations should be self-explanatory, with "h" meaning horror genre, though we are more inclined to call it "dark fantasy".
The Ultimate Guide to Modern Writers of Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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Designers like Eric Ku are doing it with humor, inventing a flatpack alphabet – his Flatpack Chair is pretty self-explanatory.
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The eerily Davina-like Anna Richardson presents this self-explanatory show, that this week catches the students of Putney's Elliott School before they all get signed to trendy record labels, and teaches them about pregnancy.
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Most of these are self-explanatory, but a couple of them are good.
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Most of these are self-explanatory, but a couple of them are good.
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