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Synonyms for ambiguity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : am-bi-gyoo-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌæm bɪˈgyu ɪ ti |
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Définition of ambiguity
Origin :- c.1400, "uncertainty, doubt, indecision, hesitation," also from Medieval Latin ambiguitatem (nominative ambiguitas) "double meaning, equivocalness, double sense," noun of state from ambiguus (see ambiguous).
- noun uncertainty of meaning
- There is no circumlocution nor ambiguity of expression here.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various
- James never noticed anything—or if he did, his ambiguity was two-edged.
- Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
- Obscurity in a teacher is a great defect, especially when he glories in his ambiguity.
- Extract from : « The Mistakes of Jesus » by William Floyd
- He found an ambiguity in the wording, a choice of constructions.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- Even the term "expression" has a certain amount of ambiguity.
- Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
- It was also free from ambiguity, and left little room for doubt.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 » by John Charles Dent
- The true remedy for ambiguity is not punctuation, but re-writing.
- Extract from : « "Stops" » by Paul Allardyce
- Something is needed to cut into the ambiguity of human love.
- Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
- It is sufficient that the ambiguity was such as to deceive the friends of the Cyclops.
- Extract from : « The Odyssey of Homer » by Homer
- This ambiguity enters into all the phrases which are humanitarian.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
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