ostensible — meaning in English
Spanish → English · translate English → Spanish instead
English meaning
- apparent adj Clearly visible or understood; obvious.
- ostensible adj Apparent, evident; meant for open display.
Senses
ostensible is used for these senses in English:
- apparent Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
apparent — full definition
- adj Clearly visible or understood; obvious.
- adj Seeming to be true, though possibly not; as it appears rather than as it truly is.
ostensible — full definition
- adj Apparent, evident; meant for open display.
- adj Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).