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View usage for: (ɪkwɪvəkeɪt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense equivocates, present participle equivocating, past tense, past participle equivocatedverbWhen someone equivocates, they deliberately use vague language in order to deceive people or to avoid speaking the truth. He is equivocating a lot about what is going to happen if and when there are elections. [V + about/over] He had asked her once again about her finances. And again she had equivocated. [VERB] Synonyms: be evasive, evade, dodge, parry More Synonyms of equivocate equivocation (ɪkwɪvəkeɪʃən) uncountable noun [usu without N] Why doesn't the President say so without equivocation? Synonyms: ambiguity, evasion, hedging, waffle [informal, mainly British] More Synonyms of equivocate equivocate in British English (ɪˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt) verb(intransitive) to use vague or ambiguous language, esp in order to avoid speaking directly or honestly; hedge Derived forms equivocatingly (eˈquivoˌcatingly) adverb equivocator (eˈquivoˌcator) noun equivocatory (eˈquivocatory) adjective Word origin C15: from Medieval Latin aequivocāre, from Late Latin aequivocus ambiguous, equivocalequivocate in American English (iˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt; ɪˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt) verb intransitiveWord forms: eˈquivoˌcated or eˈquivoˌcating to use equivocal terms in order to deceive, mislead, hedge, etc.; be deliberately ambiguous SIMILAR WORDS: lie Derived forms equivocation (eˌquivoˈcation) noun equivocator (eˈquivoˌcator) noun Word origin ME equivocaten < ML aequivocatus, pp. of aequivocari, to have the same sound < LL aequivocus, of like sound < L aequus (see equal) + vox, voice Examples of 'equivocate' in a sentenceequivocate Definition to use vague or ambiguous language in order to deceive someone or to avoid telling the truth He is equivocating a lot about what is going to happen at the next election. Synonyms be evasive fence shuffle waffle (informal, mainly British) avoid the issue beat about the bush (informal) tergiversate Additional synonymsDefinition to evade by cleverness or trickery He has repeatedly dodged the question. Synonyms avoid, hedge, parry, get out of, shun, evade, sidestep, circumvent (formal), shirk, fend off Definition to avoid answering (a question) Mr Patel denied that he was evading the question. Synonyms avoid answering, parry, circumvent, fend off, balk, cop out of (slang), fence, fudge, hedge, prevaricate, flannel (British, informal), beat about the bush about, equivocateDefinition to argue cleverly but evasively Synonyms evade, shift, hedge, dodge, parry, stonewall, flannel (British, informal), quibble, prevaricate, beat about the bush, cavil, equivocate, tergiversateNearby words ofequivocate - equivalence
- equivalent
- equivocal
- equivocate
- equivocation
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