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Definitions for Ambiguity
[1] doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner.
[2] an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning, etc.: a contract free of ambiguities; the ambiguities of modern poetry.
[3] the possibility of interpreting an expression in two or more distinct ways
[4] an instance of this, as in the sentence they are cooking apples
[5] vagueness or uncertainty of meaning there are several ambiguities in the situation
Words related to Ambiguity
vagueness, doubt, uncertainty, equivocation, obscurity, puzzle, doubtfulness, dubiousness, tergiversation, indefiniteness, enigma, anagram, dubiety, incertitude, polysemy, equivocality, double-entendre, equivocacy
Words nearby Ambiguity
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Origin of Ambiguity
1375–1425; late Middle English ambiguite < Latin ambiguitās, equivalent to ambigu(us ) ambiguous + -itās -ity
Other words from Ambiguity
non·am·bi·gu·i·ty , noun, plural non·am·bi·gu·i·ties.
Synonyms for Ambiguity
doubt, uncertainty, vagueness, anagram, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, enigma, equivocation, incertitude, inconclusiveness, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, obscurity, polysemy, puzzle, tergiversation, unclearness, double meaning, double-entendre, equivocacy, equivocality, polysemousness