Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ostentate
Participle: ostentated
Gerund: ostentating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ostentate |
| you | ostentate |
| he;she;it | ostentates |
| we | ostentate |
| you | ostentate |
| they | ostentate |
Perfect
| I | have ostentated |
| you | have ostentated |
| he;she;it | has ostentated |
| we | have ostentated |
| you | have ostentated |
| they | have ostentated |
Past
| I | ostentated |
| you | ostentated |
| he;she;it | ostentated |
| we | ostentated |
| you | ostentated |
| they | ostentated |
Pluperfect
| I | had ostentated |
| you | had ostentated |
| he;she;it | had ostentated |
| we | had ostentated |
| you | had ostentated |
| they | had ostentated |
Future
| I | will ostentate |
| you | will ostentate |
| he;she;it | will ostentate |
| we | will ostentate |
| you | will ostentate |
| they | will ostentate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ostentated |
| you | will have ostentated |
| he;she;it | will have ostentated |
| we | will have ostentated |
| you | will have ostentated |
| they | will have ostentated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ostentate |
| you | ostentate |
| he;she;it | ostentate |
| we | ostentate |
| you | ostentate |
| they | ostentate |
Perfect
| I | have ostentated |
| you | have ostentated |
| he;she;it | have ostentated |
| we | have ostentated |
| you | have ostentated |
| they | have ostentated |
Imperfect
| I | ostentated |
| you | ostentated |
| he;she;it | ostentated |
| we | ostentated |
| you | ostentated |
| they | ostentated |
Pluperfect
| I | had ostentated |
| you | had ostentated |
| he;she;it | had ostentated |
| we | had ostentated |
| you | had ostentated |
| they | had ostentated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ostentate |
| you | would ostentate |
| he;she;it | would ostentate |
| we | would ostentate |
| you | would ostentate |
| they | would ostentate |
Perfect
| I | would have ostentated |
| you | would have ostentated |
| he;she;it | would have ostentated |
| we | would have ostentated |
| you | would have ostentated |
| they | would have ostentated |
Imperative
| you | ostentate |
| we | Let's ostentate |
| you | ostentate |
Verbs conjugated like 'ostentate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ostentate'
orientate,
sustentate,
antennate,
argentate,
attenuate,
catenate,
commentate,
dementate,
detestate,
essentiate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ostentātus, perfect passive participle of ostentō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), intensive from ostendō. Doublet of ostent.
Sample Sentences
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It cannot avoid the brand of arrogancy, as well as hypocrisy, to challenge and ostentate that beauty or handsomeness of complexion as ours, which indeed is none of ours by any genuine right or property. [1701, John Gauden (attributed), Several Letters between Two Ladies Wherein the Lawfulness and Unlawfulness of Artificial Beauty:]
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Society insisted that it was bad form to ostentate one's sickness unnecessarily. [1988, R. Porter & D. Porter, chapter XI, in In Sickness & in Health, page 191:]