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- OSTENSIBLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
ostensible suggests a discrepancy between an openly declared or naturally implied aim or reason and the true one
- OSTENSIBLE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
OSTENSIBLE definition: outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended See examples of ostensible used in a sentence
- OSTENSIBLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
OSTENSIBLE definition: 1 appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else: 2 appearing or… Learn more
- Ostensible - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
Just because something is ostensible doesn't necessarily mean that it's not as it appears to be, only that there's a possibility of another reason Your ostensible reason for calling your crush was to ask about homework; the real reason was that you were hoping they would ask you out
- OSTENSIBLE definition and meaning | Collins English 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 The ostensible purpose of these meetings was to gather information on financial strategies
- Ostensible - definition of ostensible by The Free Dictionary
Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity [French, from Medieval Latin ostēnsibilis, from Latin ostēnsus, past participle of ostendere, to show : ob-, ob- + tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots ]
- ostensible adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
Definition of ostensible adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- ostensible, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . .
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word ostensible, three of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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