ambiguity (noun)
1ambiguity — ► NOUN (pl. ambiguities) ▪ uncertain or inexact meaning …
2ambiguity — I noun abstruseness, ambiguitas, bafflement, bewilderment, confounded meaning, confused meaning, confusion, disconcertion, doubtful meaning, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, duplexity in meaning, equivocalness, equivocation, incertitude,… …
3ambiguity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ certain, possible, potential ▪ The poem contains a certain ambiguity. ▪ moral, sexual ▪ inherent …
4ambiguity — UK US /ˌæmbɪˈgjuːəti/ noun [C or U] (plural ambiguities) ► a situation in which something has more than one possible meaning and may therefore cause confusion, or an example of this: »We wish to remove any ambiguity concerning our demands. »There …
5ambiguity — noun /æmbɪɡˈjuɪtiː/ a) Something liable to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context. His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be …
6ambiguity — (n.) c.1400, uncertainty, doubt, also capability of having two meanings, from M.L. ambiguitatem (nom. ambiguitas) double meaning, noun of state from ambiguus (see AMBIGUOUS (Cf. ambiguous)) …
7ambiguity — noun the ambiguity of the rule made it impossible to follow Syn: vagueness, obscurity, abstruseness, doubtfulness, uncertainty; formal dubiety; ambivalence, equivocation, double meaning …
8ambiguity — noun (plural ties) Date: 15th century 1. a. the quality or state of being ambiguous especially in meaning b. an ambiguous word or expression 2. uncertainty …
9ambiguity */ — UK [ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːətɪ] / US [ˌæmbɪˈɡjuətɪ] noun Word forms ambiguity : singular ambiguity plural ambiguities 1) a) [countable] something that is not clear because it has more than one possible meaning There seem to be some ambiguities in the rules.… …
10ambiguity — am|bi|gu|i|ty [ ,æmbı gjuəti ] noun * 1. ) count something that is not clear because it has more than one possible meaning: There seem to be some ambiguities in the rules. a ) uncount a lack of clear and exact use of words, so that more than one… …