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ostend

[os-tend, os-tend] / ɒsˈtɛnd, ˈɒs tɛnd /
VERB
demonstrate
Synonyms
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confirm describe express teach testify to
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debunk proclaim
WEAK
give for instance make clear set forth show how walk one through
Antonyms
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conceal confuse distort falsify hide misrepresent
VERB
evidence
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demonstrate evince illustrate indicate manifest signify testify to
STRONG
attest bespeak betoken confirm connote denote designate display exhibit expose mark proclaim reveal show witness
Antonyms
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conceal hide obscure
STRONG
cover deny veto
WEAK
contradict disprove refute
VERB
exhibit
Synonyms
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advertise demonstrate display evince express feature flaunt illustrate indicate manifest reveal show
STRONG
air brandish disclose disport evidence expose flash mark offer parade proclaim showcase
WEAK
let it all hang out make clear make plain parade wares roll out show and tell show off strut stuff trot out wave around
Antonyms
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conceal cover hide obscure withhold
VERB
illustrate
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clarify delineate depict embody emphasize epitomize exhibit explain expose highlight illuminate interpret lay out manifest mark mirror personify point up portray represent reveal spotlight symbolize typify
STRONG
allegorize clear disclose elucidate evidence evince expound imitate instance picture proclaim show vivify
WEAK
bring home clear up draw a picture emblematize get across get over limelight make clear make plain show and tell
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complicate conceal confuse cover hide obscure save
VERB
manifest
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demonstrate embody illustrate prove reveal signify
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confirm declare display establish evidence evince expose express exteriorize externalize flash incarnate mark materialize objectify parade personalize personify proclaim show showcase sport strut substantiate suggest utter vent voice
WEAK
let it all hang out personize set forth show and tell wave around
Antonyms
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conceal hide
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contradict cover deny destroy disprove invalidate veto
WEAK
bury obscure withhold
VERB
mark
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demonstrate feature identify illustrate indicate show signify
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bespeak betoken brand denote designate distinguish earmark evidence evince exemplify exhibit individualize individuate label manifest proclaim qualify remark signalize singularize stamp
WEAK
check off mark off point out point up set apart show up stake out
VERB
proclaim
Synonyms
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affirm announce declare demonstrate indicate profess publish trumpet
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annunciate blast blaze blazon broadcast call circulate disseminate enunciate evidence evince exhibit expound herald illustrate manifest mark promulgate show spiel spout stump utter vent ventilate voice
WEAK
get on a soapbox give out pass the word shoot off mouth shout out sound off spread it around
Antonyms
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conceal deny hide
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be quiet cover obscure
VERB
show
Synonyms
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appear come demonstrate determine disclose display establish explain get illustrate indicate mark note present project prove reach register reveal show up teach
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arrive assert clarify discover divulge elucidate emerge evidence evince instruct loom manifest materialize point proclaim unveil
WEAK
be visible blow in get in lay out make known make out make the scene put in appearance show one's face testify to turn up
Antonyms
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conceal confuse cover depart disprove fail go hide leave lose miss obscure secrete withhold
STRONG
disappear
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abandon deny leave alone refuse veto

Example Sentences

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They premised their secret proposal, the Ostend Manifesto External link, on national defense.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

They premised their secret proposal, the Ostend Manifesto External link, on national defense.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

It adds that flights have since been diverted to nearby airports - including Ostend and Charleroi in Belgium, and Eindhoven and Maastricht in the Netherlands.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

Modernist artists such as the early Expressionist James Ensor, from Ostend, another Flemish city, and Antwerp’s contemporary art star Luc Tuymans, continued to tap into the Flemish tradition of mastering oil paint.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022

If there were a means of reviving these cities, would it not be by the enlargement and the safety of the port of Ostend?

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various