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英英字典: ostensible

ostensible   (Sound)

KK Pronunciation

〔 ɑsˋtєnsәbL 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ɒˊstensәbl 〕


Overview of adj ostensible

The adj ostensible has 2 senses


  • apparent, ostensible, seeming -- (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")

  • ostensible, ostensive -- (represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity")

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