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tentative
English
Etymology
French tentatif, from Latin tentativus (“trying, testing”), from tento, past participle tentatus (“to try, test”); see tent, tempt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?nt?t?v/
- Hyphenation: ten?ta?tive
Noun
tentative (plural tentatives)
- A trial; an experiment; an attempt.
Adjective
tentative (comparative more tentative, superlative most tentative)
- Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
- Uncertain; subject to future change.
Derived terms
- tentativeness
- tentatively
Antonyms
- (subject to future change): conclusive, definitive, certain
Translations
Further reading
- tentative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tentative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- attentive
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin tent?t?va, from tent? (“to attempt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??.ta.tiv/
Noun
tentative f (plural tentatives)
- attempt, try, effort
- Synonym: essai
Related terms
- tenter
Further reading
- “tentative” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
tentative
- inflection of tentativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
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ambiguous
English
Etymology
From Latin ambiguus (“moving from side to side, of doubtful nature”), from ambigere (“to go about, wander, doubt”), from ambi- (“around, about, on both sides”) + agere (“to drive, move”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æm?b??ju?s/
Adjective
ambiguous (comparative more ambiguous, superlative most ambiguous)
- Open to multiple interpretations.
- Synonym: equivocal
- Antonym: unambiguous
- (obsolete, of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury
- And forasmuch as in this same question I am ambiguous, and Simplicius is resolute....
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury
Related terms
- ambages
- ambiguity
- ambiguate
- ambiguation
- disambiguation
Translations
See also
- contradictory
- mistakable
- confusing
Further reading
- ambiguous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ambiguous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “ambiguous”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
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