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In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear.
Breyten Breytenbach

Meaning of "ostensible" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OSTENSIBLE

Via French from Medieval Latin ostensibilis, from Latin ostendere to show, from ob- before + tendere to extend.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OSTENSIBLE

ostensible  [ɒˈstɛnsɪbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OSTENSIBLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ostensible is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OSTENSIBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ostensible in the English dictionary

The definition of ostensible in the dictionary is apparent; seeming. Other definition of ostensible is pretended.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OSTENSIBLE


apprehensible
ˌæprɪˈhɛnsɪbəl
crucible
ˈkruːsɪbəl
defensible
dɪˈfɛnsɪbəl
evincible
ɪˈvɪnsɪbəl
flexible
ˈflɛksɪbəl
inapprehensible
ɪnˌæprɪˈhɛnsɪbəl
irreducible
ˌɪrɪˈdjuːsɪbəl
miscibility
ˈmɪsɪbəl
possible
ˈpɒsɪbəl
producible
prəˈdjuːsɪbəl
reproducible
ˌriːprəˈdjuːsɪbəl
sensible
ˈsɛnsɪbəl
sponsible
ˈspɒnsɪbəl
subsensible
sʌbˈsɛnsɪbəl
supersensible
ˌsuːpəˈsɛnsɪbəl
suprasensible
ˌsuːprəˈsɛnsɪbəl
suspensible
səˈspensɪbəl
unapprehensible
ʌnˌæprɪˈhensɪbəl
unsensible
ʌnˈsɛnsɪbəl
vincible
ˈvɪnsɪbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OSTENSIBLE

osteal
osteichthyan
osteitic
osteitides
osteitis
osteitis deformans
Ostend
Ostende
ostensibility
ostensibly
ostensive
ostensively
ostensories
ostensorium
ostensory
ostent
ostentation
ostentatious
ostentatiously
osteoarchaeology

WORDS THAT END LIKE OSTENSIBLE

accessible
admissible
collapsible
compatible
comprehensible
divisible
extensible
feasible
fusible
impossible
inaccessible
incomprehensible
invisible
irresponsible
irreversible
permissible
plausible
responsible
reversible
submersible
visible

Synonyms and antonyms of ostensible in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OSTENSIBLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ostensible» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ostensible

Translation of «ostensible» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OSTENSIBLE

Find out the translation of ostensible to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ostensible from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ostensible» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

表面上的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aparente
570 millions of speakers

English

ostensible
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रकट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مزعوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

очевидная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aparente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রকাশ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prétendu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diperkaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vorgeblich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

表向きの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

표면적으로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ostensible
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giả mạo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளிவேஷமிட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दिखाऊ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

göstermelik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apparente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pozorna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

очевидна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aparent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φαινομενικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oënskynlike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skenbar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ostensible
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ostensible

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OSTENSIBLE»

The term «ostensible» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.200 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OSTENSIBLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ostensible

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3 QUOTES WITH «OSTENSIBLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ostensible.
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Breyten Breytenbach
In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear.
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Emile M. Cioran
Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.
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Henry Knox
That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OSTENSIBLE»

Discover the use of ostensible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ostensible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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California Real Estate Law
HOW AGENCIES ARE CREATED Express Agency Implied Agency Ostensible Agency An express agency is an agency created by a specific agreement, either written or verbal. Most agencies are express agencies. Listings are the written ...
William H. Pivar, Robert Bruss, 2002
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Phenomenological Method: Theory and Practice
In so far as the ostensible knowing is all that is presupposed when reflectively seizing upon cognitive mental life, one may be said not only ostensibly but also genuinely to know the process in question as a case of ostensible knowing. At least ...
F. Kersten, 1989
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Ostensible causes of the present state of Ireland ...
Wesley Doyle. natural and fatal. Whoever assemble the Irish, disturbs them ; disturbance soon coalesces with treason ; and the suicide avarice that drives them to combine, precipitates them to rebel." " Tithes— the pretence, therefore, and ...
Wesley Doyle, 1822
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Real Estate Management Law
Thus, if a bank promises unequivocally and without qualification to honour cheques backed by a cheque guarantee card, a person (even a thief) in possession of both a cheque and a guarantee card has ostensible authority to bind the bank by ...
Richard Card, John Murdoch, Sandi Murdoch, 2011
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Contracting with Companies
In Hely-Hutchinson v Brayhead,97 Roskill J held that a third party, who had only recently been appointed as a director of the company, could enforce an indemnity on the basis of ostensible authority. The agent who had executed the indemnity ...
Andrew Griffiths, 2005
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The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology
Deliverances thus conceived make up a realm of the ostensible: ostensible perceptions, ostensible memories, ostensible conclusions, ostensible intuitions, and the like. We may or may not believe our eyes or ears, we may or may not trust our ...
Paul K. Moser, 2002
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Government Contracts: Federal, State and Local
The law of agency, however, also reflects the fairness principle discussed above in that, even when a person does not have actual authority, he or she may be treated as having implied or ostensible authority.165 If, from the outsider's ...
Nicholas Seddon, 2009
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Unlocking Company Law 2nd Edition
Further, in response to the argument that Mr Clarke had ostensible authority to respond to the letter confirming Mr Dehnel's authority, it was held that he did not have ostensible authority as the [plaintiff] had no reason to suppose that Mr Clarke, ...
Sue McLaughlin, 2013
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French Faux Amis: The Combined Book
ostensible. –. ostensible. ostensiblement. –. ostensibly. Ostensible is another very nice faux ami. Ostensible and ostensible are two words with identical spelling, which came from the same French word, but which have drifted apart in meaning ...
Saul H. Rosenthal, 2009
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The Law of Waiver, Variation and Estoppel
to its detriment.50 Additionally, and subject to one caveat,51 ostensible authority will not alter the substantive relations between the parties. Like estoppel,'32 ostensible authority cannot be used, for example, to bypass the ultra vires doctrine: ...
Sean Wilken, Karim Ghaly, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OSTENSIBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ostensible is used in the context of the following news items.
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So MCMC deems S'wak Report false, Lester true?
Enforcement agencies that blindly and unwisely execute their duties to protect and cover up the ostensible abuse of power and the siphoning of ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
2
Lululemon branded beer can draws criticism over cartoon totem pole
Another nodded to the totem pole's ostensible origin – the existing decorations in the Xway'xway Indigenous village site at Stanley Park – and ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
John Cage's 1960 Game Show Performance
In I've Got a Secret, the ostensible aim is to reveal its contestant's “secrets,” which for Cage means his instruments: an iron pipe, a goose call, ... «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»
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Tancredo: Muslim Immigration Should Be Halted in Wake of …
There is an ostensible ceiling of 70,000 annually, and 69,986 were admitted in 2014. Refugees are now coming mainly from predominantly ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
5
How to think about Islamic State
... which includes its ostensible enemies in Europe and beyond. Regardless of what the “island story” says, the belief systems and institutions ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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X-Men: Apocalypse News - New Official Images of the Cast
... since it is the Memorial Day release of a 2016 that features two other ostensible X-Men movies: February's Deadpool and October's Gambit. «Den of Geek!, Jul 15»
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Free Enterprise Returns to Mexican Oil
There are several reasons for this ostensible failure. First, investors were unhappy with the established contract terms, which entitle the ... «Daily Signal, Jul 15»
8
The unintended consequences of labour-friendly SA
On the one hand, ousted general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi's ostensible aim was to get axed affiliate, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA ... «Rand Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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FLASH: Two Nonpartisan IG Offices Request Criminal Probe into …
... the whole ostensible (and debunked) purpose of which was having the convenience of streamlining all correspondence onto one device? «Town Hall, Jul 15»
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Anti-Muslim Paranoia in Wake of Chattanooga Shootings
... Carolina lot over some ostensible controversy about parking spaces. When anti-Muslim paranoia overwhelms fairness and good judgment, ... «The Nonprofit Quarterly, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Ostensible [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ostensible>. May 2024 ».
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