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OSTENSIBLE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. intended for display : open to view 2. being such in appearance : plausible rather than demonstrably true or real
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OSTENSIBLE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else: Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption.
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Ostensible - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
When something is ostensible it appears to be the case but might not be. Your ostensible reason for visiting every bakery in town is that you're looking for a ...
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ostensible, a. (n.) (ɒˈstɛnsɪb(ə)l) [a. F. ostensible (1740 in Dict. Acad.), ad. L. type *ostensibil-is (med.L. in Laws Hen. I. c. 80 §11), f. ostens-, ppl. stem of ostendĕre: see ostend.] † 1. That may be shown, exhibited, or presented to view, hence, presentable; also, made or prepared to be shown...
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OSTENSIBLE Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words
Synonyms for OSTENSIBLE: apparent, presumed, possible, obvious, seeming, probable, supposed, putative; Antonyms of OSTENSIBLE: hidden, impossible, actual, ...
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Exemplary Word: ostensible - Membean
Something that is ostensible appears to be true or is officially declared to be true but is really a cover for the actual truth of a situation.
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ostensible/ɔˈstensəbl; ɑs`tɛnsəbl/ adj[attrib 作定语]stated (as a reason, etc) though perhaps not true; apparent 声称（为理由等）的; 表面的 The ostensible reason for his absence was illness, but everyone knew he'd gone to a football match. 他称病缺席, 但谁都知道他去看足球赛了.
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OSTENSIBLE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Ostensible is used to describe something that seems to be true or is officially stated to be true, but about which you or other people have doubts. [formal].
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Ostensible Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
seeming or said to be true or real but very possibly not true or real. The ostensible reason for his visit was to see an old friend.
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OSTENSIBLE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
adjective outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness. Rare. apparent, evident, or conspicuous.
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Ostensible - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
"capable of being shown, that can be shown or seen, presentable," from French ostensible, from Latin ostens-, past-participle stem of ostendere "to show, ...
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ostensible agent - Legal Dictionary - Law.com
n. a person who has been given the appearance of being an employee or acting (an agent) for another (principal), which would make anyone dealing with the ...
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Apparent
behavior known as playing dead
Apparent wind, a wind experienced by a moving object
Eire Apparent, a band from Northern Ireland
Apparent authority (or ostensible
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Issus
Gulf of Issus, near the town
Issus, Haute-Garonne, a commune in France
Issus (planthopper), a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae
Issus, the ostensible
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ostensibility
ostensibility (ɒstɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ) [f. ostensible + -ity.] The quality of being ostensible; † conspicuousness, ostentation (obs.).1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. xxvii. (1783) I. 181 People of low education, and little mind, were always capable of a silly ostensibility, that sooner or later brought them ...
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