English-Thai Dictionary

ostensible

ADJ ที่ เห็นได้ชัด  แน่ชัด  apparent obvious vague obscure ti-hen-dai-chad

 

ostensible

ADJ เสแสร้ง  ที่ บังหน้า  ซึ่ง เห็น ภายนอก  pretended professed sea-sang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OSTENSIBLE

a.[L. ostendo, to show. ] 1. That may be shown; proper or intended to be shown.
2. Plausible; colorable.
3. Appearing; seeming; shown, declared or avowed. We say, the ostensible reason or motive for a measure may be the real one, or very different from the real one. This is the common, and I believe the only sense in which the word is used in America.
One of the ostensible grounds on which the proprietors had obtained their charter -

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OSTENSIBLE

Os *ten "si *ble, a. Etym: [From L. ostensus, p. p. of ostendere to show, prop. , to stretch out before; fr. prefix obs- (old form of ob- ) + tendere to stretch. See Tend. ]

 

1. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. [R.] Walpole.

 

2. Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim. D. Ramsay.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ostensible

os ten si ble |äˈstensəbəl, əˈsten -əˈstɛnsəbəl | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so: the delay may have a deeper cause than the ostensible reason. DERIVATIVES os ten si bil i ty |-ˌstensəˈbilitē |noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin ostensibilis from Latin ostens- ‘stretched out to view, ’ from the verb ostendere, from ob- ‘in view of ’ + tendere ‘to stretch. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

ostensible

ostensible |ɒˈstɛnsɪb (ə )l | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so: the real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin ostensibilis from Latin ostens- ‘stretched out to view ’, from the verb ostendere, from ob- ‘in view of ’ + tendere ‘to stretch ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ostensible

ostensible adjective the ostensible star is Lana Turner, but it's Juanita Moore who makes the movie click: apparent, outward, superficial, professed, supposed, alleged, purported. ANTONYMS genuine.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ostensible

ostensible adjective there are of course dangers in taking ostensible motives as real ones: apparent, seeming, outward, surface, superficial, professed, supposed, avowed, presumed, so-called, alleged, declared, claimed, purported, pretended, feigned, specious; rare ostensive. ANTONYMS real, genuine.

 

French Dictionary

ostensible

ostensible adj. adjectif Qui est fait de façon apparente dans le but d ’être vu. : Ce candidat brigue la présidence avec un ostensible détachement.

 

ostensiblement

ostensiblement adv. adverbe D ’une manière que l ’on veut apparente. : Le paysage industriel où se situe l ’action favorise les plans ostensiblement cadrés, un peu trop proches d ’une esthétique de film publicitaire. (Le Monde )

 

Spanish Dictionary

ostensible

ostensible adjetivo formal Que se ve o percibe con facilidad :tenía colgado un calendario, de números y letras negras bien ostensibles; se secó una lágrima de un modo bastante ostensible; hizo ademán ostensible de que no acudía allí para celebrar la fiesta sino para aguarla .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ostensible

os ten si ble /ɑsténsəb (ə )l |ɔs- /形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗｟かたく ｠表向きの, 建前の, 表面上の .os t é n si bly 副詞 表向きには .