ostensible
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
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.
- 2.
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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ine-pro Borrowed from French ostensible, formed with the suffix -ible, from Latin ostensus, the past participle of ostendō (show), itself from obs- (in front of) (akin to ob- (in the way)) + tendō (stretch) (akin to Ancient Greek τείνω). Cf. also Medieval Latin ostensibilis.