English-Swedish translations for ostensible

• skenbar
  En skenbar höjning av inkomsten.
• påstådd
  Den påstådde författaren dog trehundra år innan ...
  De hade åtalats för att ha tagit sig in i landet illegalt och för ett påstått samröre med terrorister.

Definition of ostensible

• Apparent, evident; meant for open display
• Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real

Examples

• 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.

Related words

• ostensibly
• ostensive
• ostensive definition