ostensible

Etymology
Borrowed from, formed with the suffix , from , the past participle of , itself from (akin to  and to Ancient Greek  and Old English ) +  (akin to Ancient Greek ). Cf. also Medieval Latin.

Adjective

 * 1) Apparent, evident; meant for open display.
 * 2) * 1956–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition, 1960), chapter ii: “Motives and Motivation”, page 32:
 * Motives, of course, may be mixed; but this only means that a man aims at a variety of goals by means of the same course of action. Similarly a man may have a strong motive or a weak one, an ulterior motive or an ostensible one.
 * 1) Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).
 * The ostensible reason for his visit to New York was to see his mother, but the real reason was to get to the Yankees game the next day.
 * 1) Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).
 * The ostensible reason for his visit to New York was to see his mother, but the real reason was to get to the Yankees game the next day.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: åbenlys
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Esperanto: ŝajna
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , , ,
 * Middle English: semly
 * Portuguese:, pretenso
 * Russian:


 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Mandarin:
 * Simplified:
 * Traditional:
 * Norwegian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Etymology
Formed, with the suffix, from , past participle of , itself from (akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬) + ; or borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1) apparent

Etymology
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Adjective

 * , apparent