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Word | Ostensible |
Spanish Meaning | aparente, pretendido, supuesto, ,pretendido |
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 / Capable of being shown / apparent; professed; pretended / stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so. / seeming or said to be true or real but very possibly not true or real, | |
Usage | ⇒ His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal is popularity ⇒ His ostensible purpose was charity ⇒ but his real goal is popularity ⇒ Although the ostensible purpose of this expedition is to discover new lands, we are really interested in finding new markets for our products. ⇒ the ostensible reason for the meeting turned out to be a trick to get him to the surprise party ⇒ the delay may have a deeper cause than the ostensible reason |
Synonyms | apparent, seeming, pretended, specious, alleged, superficial, outward, illusory, so-called, ostensive, evident, false, illusive, probable, professed, supposed, manifest, obvious, plausible, purported, |
Antonyms | unlikely, genuine, improbable, profound, actual, authentic, echt, inconceivable, obscure, real, vague, valid, aboveboard, absolute, acquaint, assertive, authenticate, authenticated, bona fide, candid, |
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