ambiguous

adjective

/æmˈbɪɡjuəs/

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that can be understood in more than one way; having different meanings
- an ambiguous word/term/statement
- Her account was deliberately ambiguous.
Extra Examples
- The paragraph is rendered ambiguous by the writer's careless use of pronouns.
- It is for the jury to decide what an ambiguous statement was intended to mean.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- remain
- leave something
- …
adverb
- highly
- very
- rather
- …
See full entry
not clearly stated or defined
- His role has always been ambiguous.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- remain
- leave something
- …
adverb
- highly
- very
- rather
- …
See full entry

opposite unambiguous

Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘indistinct, obscure’): from Latin ambiguus ‘doubtful’ (from ambigere ‘waver, go around’, from ambi- ‘both ways’ + agere ‘to drive’) + -ous.

单词	ambiguous
释义	ambiguous adjective /æmˈbɪɡjuəs/ /æmˈbɪɡjuəs/ jump to other results that can be understood in more than one way; having different meanings an ambiguous word/term/statement Her account was deliberately ambiguous. Extra Examples The paragraph is rendered ambiguous by the writer's careless use of pronouns. It is for the jury to decide what an ambiguous statement was intended to mean. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be remain leave something … adverb highly very rather … See full entry not clearly stated or defined His role has always been ambiguous. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be remain leave something … adverb highly very rather … See full entry opposite unambiguous Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘indistinct, obscure’): from Latin ambiguus ‘doubtful’ (from ambigere ‘waver, go around’, from ambi- ‘both ways’ + agere ‘to drive’) + -ous.
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