Definition of ostensive in English:

ostensive

adjective ɒˈstɛnsɪvəˈstɛnsɪv

1Directly demonstrative.
Example sentencesExamples
- Those results are ostensive evidence implying the contribution of apparent motion mechanisms to ILM perception.
- Nevertheless, while we might struggle to analyze ‘religion’, an ostensive project should be reasonably successful.
- Both texts direct the reader to attend to the saving and comforting power of God; both also provide ostensive biblical legitimization for Equiano's autobiography.
1. 1.1Linguistics Denoting a way of defining by direct demonstration, e.g. pointing.
  〔语言学〕（释义）直示的

Derivatives

ostensively

adverb

Drinking was ostensively forbidden under their roof, so Hemingway drank clandestinely in his room, drawing from a host of liberated Italian liqueurs hidden in his bookcases.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is no doubt that this ostensively highly intelligent audience received his lecture with enthusiasm and acclaim.
- How did these lists - which ostensively are trying to measure the same thing - get so dissimilar?
- Bishop is closer to the modernists on this front and closer, particularly, to what Altieri calls ‘the romantic values they were ostensively denying’.
- Foundationalist empiricism recognizes two source of meaning: some terms derive their meanings ostensively, by correlation with whatever is ‘directly presented’ in experience.

ostensiveness

noun

How can certain stimuli signal their own intended ostensiveness, prior to the recipient's search for the relevance of the information that the stimulus allegedly singles out?

Origin

Mid 16th century: from late Latin ostensivus, from ostens- 'stretched out to view' (see ostensible).

Rhymes

apprehensive, coextensive, comprehensive, defensive, expensive, extensive, intensive, offensive, pensive, suspensive

Definition of ostensive in US English:

ostensive

adjectiveəˈstensivəˈstɛnsɪv

1Directly or clearly demonstrative.
Example sentencesExamples
- Those results are ostensive evidence implying the contribution of apparent motion mechanisms to ILM perception.
- Nevertheless, while we might struggle to analyze ‘religion’, an ostensive project should be reasonably successful.
- Both texts direct the reader to attend to the saving and comforting power of God; both also provide ostensive biblical legitimization for Equiano's autobiography.
1. 1.1Linguistics Denoting a way of defining by direct demonstration, e.g., by pointing.
  〔语言学〕（释义）直示的

Origin

Mid 16th century: from late Latin ostensivus, from ostens- ‘stretched out to view’ (see ostensible).

词汇	ostensive
释义	Definition of ostensive in English: ostensive adjective ɒˈstɛnsɪvəˈstɛnsɪv 1Directly demonstrative. Example sentencesExamples Those results are ostensive evidence implying the contribution of apparent motion mechanisms to ILM perception. Nevertheless, while we might struggle to analyze ‘religion’, an ostensive project should be reasonably successful. Both texts direct the reader to attend to the saving and comforting power of God; both also provide ostensive biblical legitimization for Equiano's autobiography. 1.1Linguistics Denoting a way of defining by direct demonstration, e.g. pointing. 〔语言学〕（释义）直示的 Derivatives ostensively adverb Drinking was ostensively forbidden under their roof, so Hemingway drank clandestinely in his room, drawing from a host of liberated Italian liqueurs hidden in his bookcases. Example sentencesExamples There is no doubt that this ostensively highly intelligent audience received his lecture with enthusiasm and acclaim. How did these lists - which ostensively are trying to measure the same thing - get so dissimilar? Bishop is closer to the modernists on this front and closer, particularly, to what Altieri calls ‘the romantic values they were ostensively denying’. Foundationalist empiricism recognizes two source of meaning: some terms derive their meanings ostensively, by correlation with whatever is ‘directly presented’ in experience. ostensiveness noun How can certain stimuli signal their own intended ostensiveness, prior to the recipient's search for the relevance of the information that the stimulus allegedly singles out? Origin Mid 16th century: from late Latin ostensivus, from ostens- 'stretched out to view' (see ostensible). Rhymes apprehensive, coextensive, comprehensive, defensive, expensive, extensive, intensive, offensive, pensive, suspensive Definition of ostensive in US English: ostensive adjectiveəˈstensivəˈstɛnsɪv 1Directly or clearly demonstrative. Example sentencesExamples Those results are ostensive evidence implying the contribution of apparent motion mechanisms to ILM perception. Nevertheless, while we might struggle to analyze ‘religion’, an ostensive project should be reasonably successful. Both texts direct the reader to attend to the saving and comforting power of God; both also provide ostensive biblical legitimization for Equiano's autobiography. 1.1Linguistics Denoting a way of defining by direct demonstration, e.g., by pointing. 〔语言学〕（释义）直示的 Origin Mid 16th century: from late Latin ostensivus, from ostens- ‘stretched out to view’ (see ostensible).
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