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Ambiguity

Ambiguity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ambiguity? [n] unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning [n] an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ambiguity: equivocalness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ambiguity: ambivalence \| amphibologism \| amphibology \| amphiboly \| antinomy \| asymmetry \| biformity \| bifurcation \| cavil \| conjugation \| counterword \| dichotomy \| disproportion \| disproportionateness \| dodge \| double entendre \| double meaning \| doubleness \| double-talk \| doublethink \| doubling \| dualism \| duality \| duplexity \| duplication \| duplicity \| equivocacy \| equivocal \| equivocality \| equivocalness \| equivocation \| equivoque \| evasion \| haggling \| hair-splitting \| halving \| hedge \| heresy \| heterodoxy \| heterogeneity \| impenetrability \| imprecision \| inapprehensibility \| inarticulateness \| incognizability \| incoherence \| incommensurability \| incompatibility \| incomprehensibility \| inconclusiveness \| incongruity \| inconsistency \| inconsonance \| indefiniteness \| indistinctness \| inscrutability \| irony \| irreconcilability \| Janus \| nonconformability \| nonconformity \| numinousness \| obscurity \| oxymoron \| pairing \| paradox \| polarity \| polysemant \| polysemousness \| portmanteau word \| pun \| quibbling \| ramblingness \| self-contradiction \| shift \| squinting construction \| subterfuge \| tergiversation \| twinning \| two-facedness \| twoness \| uncertainty \| unconformability \| unconformity \| unconnectedness \| unfathomableness \| unintelligibility \| unknowability \| unorthodoxy \| unsearchableness \| vagueness \| weasel word See Also \| amphibology \| amphiboly \| double entendre \| equivocation \| evasiveness \| expression \| lexical ambiguity \| locution \| loophole \| parisology \| polysemy \| prevarication \| saying \| unclearness Ambiguity In Webster's Dictionary \Am`bigu"ity\, n.; pl. {Ambiguities}. [L. ambiguitas, fr. ambiguus: cf. F. ambiguit['e].] The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression. No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be pursued. --I. Taylor. The words are of single signification, without any ambiguity. --South.

Ambiguity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ambiguity?

[n] unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
[n] an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ambiguity: equivocalness

Ambiguity In Webster's Dictionary

\Am`bi*gu"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Ambiguities}. [L.
ambiguitas, fr. ambiguus: cf. F. ambiguit['e].]
The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or
uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of
language, arising from its admitting of more than one
meaning; an equivocal word or expression.

      No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be
      pursued.                                 --I. Taylor.

      The words are of single signification, without any
      ambiguity.                               --South.

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