How to pronounce“ostensible”in English
have seen and time and time again do cause a lot of damage and also cause loss of life in Ukraine. James, why then is the White House doing this? Well, the
ostensible reason is that they're running short of supplies. uh and the Department of Defense has been conducting a review of its stockpiles of
weapons, in particular, you know, Patriot missiles and other air defense missiles uh in recent months. Um and that apparently this decision was taken
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Definitions of “ostensible”
Apparent, evident; meant for open display.
“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.”
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.”
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