单词 | disambiguate |
释义 | disambiguatev. 1. transitive. To make (something) unambiguous; to render more easily distinguished or differentiated from something else; spec. to remove uncertainty of meaning from (a phrase or other linguistic unit); to make clear the difference between (two or more words, phrases, etc.). Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)] arecchec885 unloukOE overrunOE sutelec1000 trahtnec1000 unfolda1050 belayc1175 openc1175 onopena1200 accountc1300 undo?a1366 remenea1382 interpret1382 unwrap1387 exploitc1390 enlumine1393 declarec1400 expoundc1400 unplait?c1400 enperc1420 planea1425 clearc1440 exponec1440 to lay outc1440 to give (also carry) lightc1449 unwind1482 expose1483 reducea1500 manifest1530 explicate1531 explaina1535 unlock?1536 dilucidate1538 elucidate1538 illustrate1538 rechec1540 explicate1543 illucidate1545 enucleate1548 unsnarl1555 commonstrate1563 to lay forth1577 straighten1577 unbroid1577 untwist1577 decipherc1586 illuminate1586 enlighten1587 resolvec1592 cipher1594 eliquidate1596 to take (a person) with one1599 rivelc1600 ravel1604 unbowel1606 unmist1611 extricate1614 unbolta1616 untanglea1616 enode1623 unperplexa1631 perspicuate1634 explata1637 unravel1637 esclarea1639 clarify1642 unweave1642 detenebrate1646 dismystery1652 undecipher1654 unfork1654 unparadox1654 reflect1655 enodate1656 unmysterya1661 liquidatea1670 recognize1676 to clear upa1691 to throw sidelight on1726 to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731 eclaircise1754 irradiate1864 unbraid1880 predigest1905 to get (something) straight1920 disambiguate1960 demystify1963 1960 Jrnl. Philos. 57 503 One disambiguates an utterance by adding to the context of the utterance. 1967 Language 43 619 When necessary, the Greek spelling is disambiguated by an appended phonetic transcription. 1992 H. D. White in H. D. White et al. For Information Specialists iv. 88 Author and title alone..are sufficient only to identify a work embodied as an abstract text. To disambiguate further..one adds the imprint. 2014 C. Shei Understanding Chinese Lang. iii. 100 A lot of aids are required from the meaning and the context to help disambiguate the sentence. 2. transitive. To tell (two things) apart; to distinguish (one thing) from another. Also intransitive: to distinguish between two or more things. ΚΠ 1960 P. Ziff Semantic Anal. v. 190 No art is needed to disambiguate ‘That is a tiger.’ and ‘That is a lion.’ 1978 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 200 289 The leg axes in a silhouette of a horse from the side are easily identified, but the left and right forelegs cannot usually be disambiguated without further information. 1987 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 32 96 Character writing..makes it easier to disambiguate between homophones. 2015 Jrnl. King Saud Univ. 27 444/1 The only way to disambiguate the diacritic-less Arabic words is to locate them within the context. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1960 |
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