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 →

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 →
• She spoke with ostentation about her new car. tree →
• Ostentation is not the same as true kindness. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ostentation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.