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* Albanian: {{t|sq|i dykuptueshëm}} |
* Albanian: {{t|sq|i dykuptueshëm}} |
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* Arabic: {{t|ar| |
* Arabic: {{t|ar|غَامِض}} |
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* Armenian: {{t+|hy|երկիմաստ|sc=Armn}} |
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|երկիմաստ|sc=Armn}} |
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* Asturian: {{t|ast|ambiguu}} |
* Asturian: {{t|ast|ambiguu}} |
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|félreérthető}}, {{t+|hu|kétértelmű}}, {{t+|hu|homályos}} |
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|félreérthető}}, {{t+|hu|kétértelmű}}, {{t+|hu|homályos}} |
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* Japanese: {{t+|ja| |
* Japanese: {{t+|ja| |
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* Macedonian: {{t|mk|нејасен|m |
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|нејасен|m}} |
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* Norwegian: {{t|no|vag}}, {{t+|no|uklar}} |
* Norwegian: {{t|no|vag}}, {{t+|no|uklar}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ambíguo}}, {{t+|pt|dúbio}}, {{t+|pt|vago}}, {{t+|pt|indefinido}}, {{t+|pt|impreciso}} |
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ambíguo}}, {{t+|pt|dúbio}}, {{t+|pt|vago}}, {{t+|pt|indefinido}}, {{t+|pt|impreciso}} |
Revision as of 22:43, 17 October 2019
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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
Adjective
ambiguous (comparative more ambiguous, superlative most ambiguous)
- Open to multiple interpretations.
- The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.
- Vague and unclear.
- He gave an ambiguous answer.
- (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
Synonyms
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
open to multiple interpretations
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vague and unclear
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See also
Further reading
- “ambiguous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ambiguous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “ambiguous”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.