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(adj.) represented or appearing as such; pretended
"His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
synonyms : ostensive
(adj.) 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"
synonyms : apparent , seeming

Mnemonics for ostensible

(Tag: ) People are "tense" when they appear to be something they're not.
added by Marise Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) O.S(operating system i.e cpu) TEN....ten operating systems...government offices have ten operating systems but none of them is working...hence all of them are ostensible...
added by nileshdive Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) OopS i'm not TENSed, (i am pretending)
added by amtsht Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) "Stencil"- the outline of something is what is apparent, seeming, professed
added by PAC001 Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) os+TENS+IBLE..FOCUS ON TENS..TENSE..well delievring your speech in assembly you appered tensed to me.
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(Tag: ) os+TEN+sible = apparent TENdency.. not the actual reason..
added by muffisoni Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) ohhh you are looking tensed but i know you are not actually tensed
added by iet.saket@gmail.com Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) ostensible = pronunce it like off + tense + able. that is a person who using wrong tense while speaking ( off + tense = wrong tense) never admits his mistakes and acts like he is fluent . os(off) TENSE ible
added by arulmozhi Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) Os in hindi is drops of water. You see reflection in water is apparent and seeming. pretended.not real value or face
added by aroraraman309 Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) os(ofcourse+tensible) hope it works out :-)
added by Dhavalmaster Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: hindi) tendere-> to stretch,Bada chada ke dikhana.Similar word ,ostentatious, added
added by omniscient Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) as + tensible >>> the material luks tensible but actually its not.. its just APPEARING to be tensible...
added by RajeshBorkar Edit Mnemonic

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