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ambiguity (noun)

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  • ambiguity — ► NOUN (pl. ambiguities) ▪ uncertain or inexact meaning …   English terms dictionary

  • ambiguity — I noun abstruseness, ambiguitas, bafflement, bewilderment, confounded meaning, confused meaning, confusion, disconcertion, doubtful meaning, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, duplexity in meaning, equivocalness, equivocation, incertitude,… …   Law dictionary

  • ambiguity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ certain, possible, potential ▪ The poem contains a certain ambiguity. ▪ moral, sexual ▪ inherent …   Collocations dictionary

  • ambiguity — UK US /ˌæmbɪˈgjuːəti/ noun [C or U] (plural ambiguities) ► a situation in which something has more than one possible meaning and may therefore cause confusion, or an example of this: »We wish to remove any ambiguity concerning our demands. »There …   Financial and business terms

  • ambiguity — noun /æmbɪɡˈjuɪtiː/ a) Something liable to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context. His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be …   Wiktionary

  • ambiguity — (n.) c.1400, uncertainty, doubt, also capability of having two meanings, from M.L. ambiguitatem (nom. ambiguitas) double meaning, noun of state from ambiguus (see AMBIGUOUS (Cf. ambiguous)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • ambiguity — noun the ambiguity of the rule made it impossible to follow Syn: vagueness, obscurity, abstruseness, doubtfulness, uncertainty; formal dubiety; ambivalence, equivocation, double meaning …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • ambiguity — noun (plural ties) Date: 15th century 1. a. the quality or state of being ambiguous especially in meaning b. an ambiguous word or expression 2. uncertainty …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ambiguity */ — UK [ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːətɪ] / US [ˌæmbɪˈɡjuətɪ] noun Word forms ambiguity : singular ambiguity plural ambiguities 1) a) [countable] something that is not clear because it has more than one possible meaning There seem to be some ambiguities in the rules.… …   English dictionary

  • ambiguity — am|bi|gu|i|ty [ ,æmbı gjuəti ] noun * 1. ) count something that is not clear because it has more than one possible meaning: There seem to be some ambiguities in the rules. a ) uncount a lack of clear and exact use of words, so that more than one… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • ambiguity — /æmbəˈgjuəti/ (say ambuh gyoohuhtee) noun (plural ambiguities) 1. doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning: to speak without ambiguity. 2. an equivocal or ambiguous word or expression: the law is free of ambiguities. {Middle English ambiguite, from …  

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