Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The state of being ambiguous; the state of leaving room for more than one interpretation.

    His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position.

  2. (countable)An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context.

    Ambiguität, Mehrdeutigkeit, Doppeldeutigkeit

    двусмы́сленностьdvusmýslennostʹ, нея́сностьnejásnostʹ

    двозна́чністьdvoznáčnistʹ, неоднозна́чністьneodnoznáčnistʹ, нея́сністьnejásnistʹ

    an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

Examples

23 sentences
  1. That law is full of ambiguities.

    ruВ этом законе полно неясностей. — sharptoothed

    deDas Gesetz ist voller Zweideutigkeiten. — Adelpa

  2. There is no ambiguity.

  3. Life is full of ambiguity.

    Життя повне неоднозначностей. — deniko

  4. There will be no ambiguity.

    Не буде ніякої двозначності. — deniko

    ruНеоднозначности не будет. — LanguagesLover

  5. The law is full of ambiguities.

    ruВ этом законе полно неясностей. — sharptoothed

    deDas Gesetz ist voller Unklarheiten. — Tamy

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
something liable to more than one interpretation:
Русский
By meaning 1
something liable to more than one interpretation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
something liable to more than one interpretation:

Origin

From Middle English ambiguite, from Old French ambiguite (French ambiguïté), from Latin am

From Middle English ambiguite, from Old French ambiguite (French ambiguïté), from Latin ambiguitas, equivalent to ambiguous + -ity.

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Forms

plural: ambiguities
Singularambiguity
Pluralambiguities

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
state of being ambiguous:ambiguousnessimprecisionpolysemy
Close in meaning
  • unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning:equivocalness

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ambiguity — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto