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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æmb???ju??ti/

Noun

ambiguity (countable and uncountable, plural ambiguities)

1. (countable) Something, particularly words and sentences, that is open 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 certain of his true position.

2. (uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.

Synonyms

• (state of being ambiguous): ambiguousness, imprecision, polysemy
• weasel word

Antonyms

• unambiguity

Related terms

• ambiguous

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?sæm?b??ju??e???n/
• Hyphenation: dis?am?big?u?a?tion

Noun

disambiguation (countable and uncountable, plural disambiguations)

1. The removal of ambiguity.
   • 1827, George Bentham, Outline of a New System of Logic: With a Critical Examination of Dr. Whately's "Elements of Logic, page 88

     Disambiguation — where it is to fix the sense of an ambiguous term. This operation has been termed distinction by some Logicians, and erroneously reckoned as a species of division.

2. (wiki jargon) A page on a wiki containing links to two or more topics with the same name.

Synonyms

• clarification, enlightenment, illumination

Translations

Further reading

• Word-sense disambiguation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Scots

Etymology

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Noun

disambiguation (plural disambiguations)

1. Disambiguation.