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ambiguity
[ am-bi-gyoo-i-tee ]
/ ˌæm bɪˈgyu ɪ ti /
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noun, plural am·bi·gu·i·ties.
doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner.
an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning, etc.: a contract free of ambiguities; the ambiguities of modern poetry.
OTHER WORDS FOR ambiguity
2 equivocation.
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Origin of ambiguity
OTHER WORDS FROM ambiguity
non·am·bi·gu·i·ty, noun, plural non·am·bi·gu·i·ties.Words nearby ambiguity
ambient air standard, ambiente, ambient music, ambient noise, ambigram, ambiguity, ambiguous, ambilateral, ambiophony, ambipolar, ambira
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British Dictionary definitions for ambiguity
ambiguity
/ (ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ) /
noun plural -ties
the possibility of interpreting an expression in two or more distinct ways
an instance of this, as in the sentence they are cooking apples
vagueness or uncertainty of meaningthere are several ambiguities in the situation
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