ostensible
11ostensible — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ apparently true, but not necessarily so. DERIVATIVES ostensibly adverb. ORIGIN Latin ostensibilis, from ostendere stretch out to view …
12ostensible — [ä sten′sə bəl] adj. [Fr < ML ostensibilis < L ostendere, to show < ob(s) , against (see OB ) + tendere, to stretch: see THIN] 1. apparent; seeming; professed 2. Rare clearly evident ostensibly adv …
13ostensible — ► adjetivo 1 Que puede ser notado con facilidad: ■ todos captamos su ostensible antipatía hacia mí. SINÓNIMO perceptible 2 Que puede mostrarse o manifestarse. SINÓNIMO manifiesto * * * ostensible (del lat. «ostendĕre», mostrar) 1 adj. Susceptible …
14ostensible — adjective the ostensible star is Lana Turner, but it s Juanita Moore who makes the movie click Syn: apparent, outward, superficial, professed, supposed, alleged, purported Ant: genuine •• ostensible, apparent, illusory, seeming The apparent… …
15OSTENSIBLE — adj. des deux genres Qui peut être montré, qui est fait pour être montré. Lettre ostensible. Faites moi par écrit une réponse ostensible. On lui donna une instruction ostensible, et une instruction secrète …
16OSTENSIBLE — adj. des deux genres Qui peut être montré, qui est fait pour être montré. Lettre ostensible. Réponse ostensible. Il signifie aussi Qui est visible, apparent. Porter un insigne d’une manière ostensible …
17ostensible — [18] Ostensible means literally ‘that can be shown’. It comes via French from medieval Latin ostensibilis, a derivative of the Latin verb ostendere ‘show’ (itself a compound formed from the prefix ob ‘in front of’ and tendere ‘stretch’, source of …
18ostensible — [18] Ostensible means literally ‘that can be shown’. It comes via French from medieval Latin ostensibilis, a derivative of the Latin verb ostendere ‘show’ (itself a compound formed from the prefix ob ‘in front of’ and tendere ‘stretch’, source of …
19ostensible — ostensibly, adv. /o sten seuh beuhl/, adj. 1. outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness. 2. apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories. [1720 30; < F < L… …
20ostensible — os|ten|si|ble [ɔˈstensıbəl US a: ] adj [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: Latin ostendere to show ] seeming to be the reason for or the purpose of something, but usually hiding the real reason or purpose ostensible reason/purpose/aim ▪ The… …
