obv.
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏbv, IPA(key): /ɒbv/
- ; or per the individual abbreviations’ full forms
- Rhymes: -ɒbv
Adjective
[edit]obv. (comparative more obv., superlative most obv.)
- Abbreviation of obvious.
Adverb
[edit]obv. (comparative more obv., superlative most obv.)
- Abbreviation of obviously.
- 2007, Melissa de la Cruz, Crazy Hot, page 270:
- J. is dating P. at NYU and modeling on the side. They're planning to meet us in Paris for spring break so J. can go to some look-sees (and eat some escargot, obv.).
Noun
[edit]obv. (plural obv.)
- Abbreviation of obverse.[1]
- Coordinate term: rev.
- 1984, C[arol] H[umphrey] V[ivian] Sutherland, R[obert] A[ndrew] G[lendinning] Carson, editors, The Roman Imperial Coinage, volume VII, Spink and Son Ltd, →ISBN, page 718:
- The discovery of the above obv. coupled with the rev. type of ‘four standards’ and a comparison with the obv. of no. 99 necessitates a few comments with regard to the date of these two miliarensia, both marked CONS (only the v. Echt specimen of no. 99 has been available for comparison).
References
[edit]- ^ The New Penguin Dictionary of Abbreviations: from A to zz, Rosalind Fergusson. (Penguin Books, 2000), page 285
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