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# ostentation

«ostentation» in Mova's school dictionary: **showing off to be noticed, with too much display of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Ostentation is showing off to be noticed, with too much display of wealth or fine things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ostentation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a proud person's ostentation is shown with grand clothes and jewels

### examples

- The rich man's house was full of ostentation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ostentation/#x1)
- She spoke with ostentation about her new car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ostentation/#x2)
- Ostentation is not the same as true kindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ostentation/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ostentation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ostentation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.