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1. (adj.) ostensible
outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended.
Etymology: (1720–30; < F < L ostēsn(us), var. of ostentus, ptp. of ostendere to present, display (o(b)s-, var. of ob-ob-+tendere to stretch))
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1. (adj) apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a)
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"
2. (adj) ostensible, ostensive
represented or appearing as such; pretended
"His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
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Sense: (of reasons etc) apparent, but not necessarily true
Illness was the ostensible reason for his absence, but in fact he was just lazy.
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 Afrikaans: oënskynlik, skynbaar, kas |
 Arabic: ظاهِر، واضِح |
 Bulgarian: привиден |
 Brazilian: aparente |
 Czech: předstíraný, zdánlivý |
 German: angeblich |
 Danish: tilsyneladende |
 Greek: φαινομενικός |
 Spanish: aparente |
 Estonian: näiline |
 Farsi: ظاهری |
 Finnish: näennäinen |
 French: prétendu |
 Hebrew: מוּצהָר |
 Hindi: प्रकट, प्रत्यक्ष |
 Croatian: prividan |
 Hungarian: állítólagos |
 Indonesian: jelas |
 Icelandic: yfirskins- |
 Italian: apparente, presunto |
 Japanese: うわべだけの |
 Korean: 표면상의 |
 Lithuanian: tariamas, netikras |
 Latvian: šķietams; ārējs |
 Malay: kononnya |
 Dutch: ogenschijnlijk |
 Norwegian: angivelig, tilsynelatende |
 Polish: rzekomy, pozorny |
 Persian: ظاهری |
 Pashto: ظاهرى |
 Portuguese: aparente |
 Romanian: aparent |
 Russian: служащий предлогом |
 Slovak: predstieraný, zdanlivý |
 Slovenian: očiten |
 Serbian: prividan |
 Swedish: skenbar |
 Thai: เสแสร้ง |
 Turkish: görünürdeki, sözde |
 Taiwanese: 表面的 |
 Ukrainian: показний; удаваний |
 Urdu: نماياں، ظاہر |
 Vietnamese: có vẻ là |
 Chinese: 表面的 |
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