ostensible
UKɔstensəbl
USɔs'tensəbəl
معنی فارسی
نمايان ظاهر حقيقت پوش
معنی کامل و مثال‌ها
/ä sten´sǝ bǝl/adj.
● نشان دادنی، قابل ارائه، نمایاندنی
send me two letters--one confidential, another ostensible
دو نامه برایم بفرست - یکی محرمانه و دیگری برای نشان دادن به دیگران.
● ظاهری، وانمودی، وانمودین
the ostensible reason for his trip to Kashan was to purchase rugs but his real reason was to see his fiancée
دلیل ظاهری سفر او به کاشان خرید قالی بود ولی دلیل واقعی آن دیدن نامزدش بود.
● (نادر) هویدا، مبرهن
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- 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”
- represented or appearing as such; pretended “His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity”
مترادف‌ها
adjective
1. Shown, declared, avowed, assigned, manifest, apparent, exhibited, presented, visible.
2. Specious, plausible, colorable, pretended, professed.