vague promises

  • 1vague — [ veıg ] adjective ** 1. ) not clearly or fully explained: Some aspects of the law were somewhat vague and ill defined. Witnesses gave only a vague description of the driver. vague promises: The politicians made vague promises about independence …

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  • 2vague */*/ — UK [veɪɡ] / US adjective Word forms vague : adjective vague comparative vaguer superlative vaguest 1) a) not clearly or fully explained Some aspects of the law were somewhat vague and ill defined. Witnesses gave only a vague description of the… …

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  • 3vague — [[t]ve͟ɪg[/t]] vaguer, vaguest 1) ADJ GRADED If something written or spoken is vague, it does not explain or express things clearly. A lot of the talk was apparently vague and general... The description was pretty vague. ...vague information. Ant …

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  • 4vague — vaguely, adv. vagueness, n. /vayg/, adj., vaguer, vaguest. 1. not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed: vague promises. 2. indefinite or indistinct in nature or character, as ideas or feelings: a vague premonition of disaster. 3. not clear… …

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  • 5vague — [veɪg] adj 1) not clearly or fully explained Witnesses gave only a vague description of the driver.[/ex] the vague promises of politicians[/ex] 2) a vague feeling or memory is not complete or definite Simon had only the vaguest idea of where she… …

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  • 6vague — [[t]veɪg[/t]] adj. va•guer, va•guest 1) not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed: vague promises[/ex] 2) indefinite or indistinct in nature or character, as ideas or feelings: a vague premonition of disaster[/ex] 3) not clearly perceptible:… …

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  • 7vague — /veɪg / (say vayg) adjective (vaguer, vaguest) 1. not definite in statement or meaning; not explicit or precise: vague promises. 2. of an indefinite or indistinct character, as ideas, feelings, etc. 3. indistinct to the sight or other sense, or… …

  • 8vague — 01. I have only a [vague] memory of Carson City because we moved away when I was just four years old. 02. The description of the bank robber was too [vague] to be of any use. 03. The document was [vaguely] worded and confusing. 04. Very young… …

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  • 9France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 10Poland — /poh leuhnd/, n. a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,700,291; ab. 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska. * * * Poland Introduction Poland Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around …

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