OSTENSIBLE
\ɒstˈɛnsəbə͡l], \ɒstˈɛnsəbəl], \ɒ_s_t_ˈɛ_n_s_ə_b_əl]\
Definitions of OSTENSIBLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
By Princeton University
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appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; - often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim.
By Oddity Software
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Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; - often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
