--- title: O — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 15 description: The 453 words of the English dictionary under O, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / O # O — The English dictionary · page 15 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* To begin or come from a place, time or source (the game originated in Scotland).[↗](../../originate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To invent or start something new.[↗](../../originate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Football originated in England.[↗](../../originate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Chocolate originated in Central America.[↗](../../originate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The river originates in the mountains.[↗](../../originate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Where did this word originate?[↗](../../originate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The idea originated with a pupil in our class.[↗](../../originate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm originated far out at sea.[↗](../../originate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They think that a tale probably originated where it was found.[↗](../../originate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · At first existed these three mothers, and there arose three masculine powers, and hence all things have originated.[↗](../../originate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../originate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · originated.[↗](../../originate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Thimus Harmonikale Symbolik Koeln 1876, vol. 1, pp.[↗](../../originate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") 79-83).[↗](../../originate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../originate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · From this sym- bol originated the numeral 0 (.ji in the East-Arabian notation.[↗](../../originate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../originate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **originator** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The originator of something is the person who first thought of it, made it or started it.[↗](../../originator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Who was the originator of this plan?[↗](../../originator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The originator of the rumour turned out to be a jealous classmate.[↗](../../originator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He is the originator of the popular board game.[↗](../../originator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The originator of the idea got a prize.[↗](../../originator/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists are not sure who was the originator of the joke.[↗](../../originator/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each new email shows the originator's address.[↗](../../originator/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The tongue is, as it were, the descriptive pen of all the spiritual issues, and the genital parts are the originators of the corporeal substances.[↗](../../originator/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../originator/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ornament** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An ornament is a small object used to make a room, a shelf or a Christmas tree look nice, rather than for a practical use.[↗](../../ornament/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ornament is decoration added to something to make it beautiful, like carving on a building.[↗](../../ornament/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To ornament something is to decorate it.[↗](../../ornament/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (music) An ornament is extra notes added to decorate a tune.[↗](../../ornament/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We hung shiny ornaments on the Christmas tree.[↗](../../ornament/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat knocked a china ornament off the shelf.[↗](../../ornament/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's house is full of little ornaments.[↗](../../ornament/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The church door was carved with beautiful ornament.[↗](../../ornament/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We made paper ornaments in art class.[↗](../../ornament/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden had a stone frog as an ornament.[↗](../../ornament/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Blooming flowers ornament the staircases, and soft carpets the floors.[↗](../../ornament/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.[↗](../../ornament/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.33.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ornament/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man did put on him his ornaments.[↗](../../ornament/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.33.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ornament/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?[↗](../../ornament/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.2.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ornament/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.[↗](../../ornament/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ornament/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.[↗](../../ornament/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.25.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ornament/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **ornamental** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ornamental means used to decorate and make something look nice, rather than for a practical use.[↗](../../ornamental/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The garden has an ornamental pond with goldfish.[↗](../../ornamental/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fireplace is only ornamental; it doesn't work.[↗](../../ornamental/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ornamental cherry trees have pretty flowers but no fruit.[↗](../../ornamental/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The church door has ornamental carvings.[↗](../../ornamental/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ornamental grasses sway in the wind.[↗](../../ornamental/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That sword is ornamental, not for fighting.[↗](../../ornamental/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I see that you are useful, as well as ornamental, my little lady."[↗](../../ornamental/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **orphan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An orphan is a child whose parents have both died.[↗](../../orphan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To be orphaned is to become an orphan.[↗](../../orphan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An orphan animal has lost its mother.[↗](../../orphan/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (printing, computing) An orphan is a single line or word left alone at the top or bottom of a page.[↗](../../orphan/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Anne Shirley was an orphan who went to live on a farm.[↗](../../orphan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The orphan was looked after by her aunt.[↗](../../orphan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Harry Potter was orphaned as a baby.[↗](../../orphan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The zoo is raising an orphaned baby elephant.[↗](../../orphan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bible tells believers to care for orphans and widows.[↗](../../orphan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An orphanage was once a home for orphans.[↗](../../orphan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.[↗](../../orphan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.5.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../orphan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **orphanage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An orphanage is a home where children who have no parents live and are cared for.[↗](../../orphanage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children lived in an orphanage in the city.[↗](../../orphanage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was adopted from the orphanage.[↗](../../orphanage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The orphanage had a big garden for the children.[↗](../../orphanage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **orthodontist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dentist who specialises in straightening teeth and fixing the way teeth and jaws fit together, often by fitting braces.[↗](../../orthodontist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'm going to the orthodontist to get my braces tightened.[↗](../../orthodontist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The orthodontist said my teeth are too crowded.[↗](../../orthodontist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister wears a retainer from the orthodontist at night.[↗](../../orthodontist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The orthodontist took a mould of my teeth.[↗](../../orthodontist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You can't eat sticky toffee when you have braces, says the orthodontist.[↗](../../orthodontist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After two years, the orthodontist took my brace off.[↗](../../orthodontist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **orthodox** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Orthodox means following the usual, accepted ideas or ways of doing something.[↗](../../orthodox/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church) The Orthodox Church is a big family of Christian churches, strong in Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Serbia and other places, with icons, candles and ancient services.[↗](../../orthodox/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (religion) Orthodox Jews keep the Jewish laws strictly, such as the sabbath and food rules.[↗](../../orthodox/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend Eleni is Greek Orthodox and lights candles before icons.[↗](../../orthodox/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Orthodox Easter is sometimes a week later than ours.[↗](../../orthodox/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach's unorthodox training had us running backwards.[↗](../../orthodox/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An orthodox Jewish family does not use the car on the sabbath.[↗](../../orthodox/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The orthodox way to solve this sum is long division.[↗](../../orthodox/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Orthodox church has a golden dome and beautiful paintings.[↗](../../orthodox/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This is rank sacrilege in the eyes of the rigid orthodox in matters folk-lorical.[↗](../../orthodox/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Postellus, the orthodox, gives Deus Vivus.[↗](../../orthodox/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../orthodox/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **orthography** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Orthography is the system of spelling and writing a language: which letters stand for which sounds, and rules for capital letters, hyphens and punctuation.[↗](../../orthography/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Orthography is correct spelling.[↗](../../orthography/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* English orthography has many silent letters, like the «k» in «knee».[↗](../../orthography/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Spanish orthography is more regular than English.[↗](../../orthography/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The orthography of Ukrainian uses the Cyrillic alphabet.[↗](../../orthography/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Noah Webster changed American orthography, writing «color» instead of «colour».[↗](../../orthography/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning orthography means learning the spelling rules.[↗](../../orthography/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Old books show a different orthography, like «olde shoppe».[↗](../../orthography/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For the Hebrew orthography which has been and is still taught, is not Hebrew but Arabic.[↗](../../orthography/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../orthography/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Finding that my views on Hebrew orthography harmonized Avith those of the Sefer Yetzirah, I made an exhaustive study of it.[↗](../../orthography/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../orthography/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The reason why they have remained so long an unsolved problem is partly due to a lack of knowledge of Hebrew orthography, on which the Sefer Yetzirah is based.[↗](../../orthography/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../orthography/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **orthoptist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A health professional who checks and treats problems with how the eyes move and work together, such as a squint or a lazy eye.[↗](../../orthoptist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The orthoptist checked how my eyes moved together.[↗](../../orthoptist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother sees an orthoptist about his squint.[↗](../../orthoptist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The orthoptist gave her an eye patch to wear.[↗](../../orthoptist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · At the hospital eye clinic, we saw an orthoptist and then an eye doctor.[↗](../../orthoptist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An orthoptist can test a baby's eyes too.[↗](../../orthoptist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The school nurse sent me to an orthoptist after the eye test.[↗](../../orthoptist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **oryx** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An oryx is a large antelope of the deserts and dry grasslands of Africa and Arabia, with very long, straight, pointed horns and a pale coat with dark face markings.[↗](../../oryx/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An oryx can live in the desert without drinking for weeks.[↗](../../oryx/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The oryx has long, straight horns like spears.[↗](../../oryx/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Arabian oryx was saved by breeding them in zoos.[↗](../../oryx/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A herd of oryx crossed the dry plain.[↗](../../oryx/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The scimitar-horned oryx has curved horns.[↗](../../oryx/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · From the side, an oryx with one horn hidden looks a bit like a unicorn.[↗](../../oryx/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **os** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (computing) OS is short for "operating system", the main program that runs a computer or phone, like Windows, macOS, Android or iOS.[↗](../../os/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) OS is short for Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency of Great Britain; "OS maps" are detailed maps used for walking.[↗](../../os/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Latin, medicine) "os" means bone (plural "ossa") or mouth (plural "ora") in Latin; also (French) "os" means bone.[↗](../../os/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (clothing) OS can mean "one size" or "oversized".[↗](../../os/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My phone needs an OS update.[↗](../../os/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Android and iOS are mobile OSs.[↗](../../os/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We used an OS map on our Duke of Edinburgh walk.[↗](../../os/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · OS maps show footpaths, churches and contour lines.[↗](../../os/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In Latin, "os" means bone.[↗](../../os/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The label on the hoodie said OS, meaning one size.[↗](../../os/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Hebrew term תֹּהוּ tohu is much more similar in sense to the Greek kháos than it is to English chaos.[↗](../../os/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../os/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Now, what is tiie "great secret," which the three mother letters (vowels) B'OS contain according to the Sefer Yetzirah?[↗](../../os/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../os/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **oscar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An Oscar is a gold statue given each year as a top prize for films, also called an Academy Award.[↗](../../oscar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Oscar is a boy's name.[↗](../../oscar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In the spelling alphabet used on radios, "Oscar" stands for the letter O.[↗](../../oscar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The film won three Oscars.[↗](../../oscar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was nominated for an Oscar for best actress.[↗](../../oscar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My best friend is called Oscar.[↗](../../oscar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the Oscars on TV.[↗](../../oscar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the radio alphabet, O is "Oscar".[↗](../../oscar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Oscar the cat sleeps on my bed.[↗](../../oscar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **oscillate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To swing or move back and forth regularly, like a pendulum.[↗](../../oscillate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To keep changing between two feelings, ideas or states, as in "oscillate between hope and fear".[↗](../../oscillate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Of electric current or waves, to change direction or strength in a regular rhythm.[↗](../../oscillate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A pendulum oscillates from side to side.[↗](../../oscillate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fan oscillates so it cools the whole room.[↗](../../oscillate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Guitar strings oscillate when you pluck them.[↗](../../oscillate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His mood oscillated between happy and grumpy.[↗](../../oscillate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The price oscillated between £5 and £6 all week.[↗](../../oscillate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The spring oscillated up and down after we let go.[↗](../../oscillate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **oscillating** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Swinging or moving back and forth regularly.[↗](../../oscillating/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Moving or turning from side to side, as in "an oscillating fan".[↗](../../oscillating/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Changing back and forth between two states or feelings.[↗](../../oscillating/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An oscillating fan turns from side to side.[↗](../../oscillating/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The oscillating sprinkler watered the whole lawn.[↗](../../oscillating/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We timed the oscillating pendulum in science.[↗](../../oscillating/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pendulum kept oscillating for a long time.[↗](../../oscillating/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The prices kept oscillating up and down.[↗](../../oscillating/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The oscillating light on the lighthouse swept across the bay.[↗](../../oscillating/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The three mother letters A, M, SH are the foundations of the whole; and resemble a Balance, the good in one scale, the evil in the other, and the oscillating tongue of the Balance between them.[↗](../../oscillating/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../oscillating/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **oscillation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A regular movement back and forth, like a pendulum swing.[↗](../../oscillation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) One full swing or vibration, from one side to the other and back.[↗](../../oscillation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A change back and forth between two states, feelings or opinions.[↗](../../oscillation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We counted ten oscillations of the pendulum.[↗](../../oscillation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · One oscillation means swinging there and back again.[↗](../../oscillation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sound is made by the oscillation of air particles.[↗](../../oscillation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A longer pendulum has slower oscillations.[↗](../../oscillation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was an oscillation in her mood all day.[↗](../../oscillation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge's oscillation in the wind worried engineers.[↗](../../oscillation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **osier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kind of willow tree or bush that grows by rivers and wet ground, with long thin bendy shoots.[↗](../../osier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* One of those long thin bendy willow shoots, used to weave baskets and fences.[↗](../../osier/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The little boat slid in among the osiers by the bank.[↗](../../osier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Basket makers cut osiers in winter when the leaves have fallen.[↗](../../osier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A moorhen built her nest under the osiers.[↗](../../osier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The osier beds along the river were thick and green.[↗](../../osier/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We wove a little fence from thin osiers in our school garden.[↗](../../osier/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind rustled through the osiers as the Mole watched the water.[↗](../../osier/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The poet placed his osier basket on the grass.[↗](../../osier/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **osprey** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An osprey is a large bird of prey with brown wings and a white underside that dives feet-first into water to catch fish.[↗](../../osprey/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An osprey dived into the lake and caught a trout.[↗](../../osprey/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ospreys fly to Africa for the winter.[↗](../../osprey/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the osprey nest on a webcam.[↗](../../osprey/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The osprey carried the fish head-first.[↗](../../osprey/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ospreys returned to Scotland after many years.[↗](../../osprey/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An osprey's feet have spikes to grip fish.[↗](../../osprey/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ossified** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Ossified means turned into bone: soft cartilage that has hardened into bone, as happens in a growing child's skeleton.[↗](../../ossified/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Ossified describes ideas, rules or groups that have become fixed, stiff and unable to change, like old dry bones.[↗](../../ossified/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A baby's skull is not fully ossified, so it has soft spots.[↗](../../ossified/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · As children grow, cartilage in the bones becomes ossified.[↗](../../ossified/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old club had ossified rules that nobody dared to change.[↗](../../ossified/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher said the empire's government had become ossified and slow.[↗](../../ossified/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The X-ray showed which bones had ossified.[↗](../../ossified/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some ideas grow ossified if nobody questions them.[↗](../../ossified/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ostentation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ostentation is showing off to be noticed, with too much display of wealth or fine things.[↗](../../ostentation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rich man's house was full of ostentation.[↗](../../ostentation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She spoke with ostentation about her new car.[↗](../../ostentation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ostentation is not the same as true 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