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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024am•bi•gu•i•ty /ˌæmbɪˈgyuɪti/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention:[uncountable]a comment full of ambiguity.
- doubt;
uncertainty:[uncountable]the ambiguity of the victory. - [countable] a word, expression, etc., that can have more than one meaning.
See ambi-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024am•bi•gu•i•ty (am′bi gyo̅o̅′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -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.
- Latin ambiguitās, equivalent. to ambigu(us) ambiguous + -itās -ity
- late Middle English ambiguite 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged vagueness, deceptiveness.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged equivocation.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged explicitness, clarity.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ambiguity /ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ/ n ( pl -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 meaning
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