ambiguous words

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• Words of Estimative Probability — (WEP or WEPs) are terms used by intelligence analysts in the production of analytic reports to convey the likelihood of a future event occurring. They express the extent of their confidence in the finding. A well chosen WEP provides a decision… …   Wikipedia

• Words (in Canon Law) — • Canonists give many rules for the exact acceptation of words, in order that decrees may be correctly understood and the extent of their obligation determined Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Words (in Canon Law)      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• ambiguous — equivocal, cryptic, enigmatic, vague, *obscure, dark Analogous words: dubious, *doubtful, questionable Antonyms: explicit Contrasted words: lucid, perspicuous, *clear: express, definite, specific, categorical (see EXPLICIT) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• ambiguous — am•big•u•ous [[t]æmˈbɪg yu əs[/t]] adj. 1) cv open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations: an ambiguous answer[/ex] 2) difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify: a rock of ambiguous character[/ex] 3) lacking clearness… …   From formal English to slang

• ambiguous — [[t]æmbɪ̱gjuəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way. This agreement is very ambiguous and open to various interpretations... The… …   English dictionary

• ambiguous — [16] Ambiguous carries the etymological notion of ‘wandering around uncertainly’. It comes ultimately from the Latin compound verb ambigere, which was formed from the prefix ambi (as in AMBIDEXTROUS) and the verb agere ‘drive, lead’ (a prodigious …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• ambiguous — [16] Ambiguous carries the etymological notion of ‘wandering around uncertainly’. It comes ultimately from the Latin compound verb ambigere, which was formed from the prefix ambi (as in AMBIDEXTROUS) and the verb agere ‘drive, lead’ (a prodigious …   Word origins

• ambiguous — Synonyms and related words: Greek to one, agnostic, amalgamated, ambivalent, amphibious, amphibolic, amphibological, amphibolous, antinomic, beyond understanding, blended, capricious, chancy, changeable, combined, complex, composite, compound,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• List of common words that have two opposite senses — Many words have several very different senses. This is a list of words which have two senses that are literally opposites. Eminently ambiguous words. Even the context does not usually divulge the meaning of the following words, so that their use… …   Wikipedia

• weasel words — words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading. → weary of …   English new terms dictionary

• List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …   Wikipedia