ALL meanings of ambiguity
am·bi·gu·i·ty
A a - variable noun ambiguity If you say that there is ambiguity in something, you mean that it is unclear or confusing, or it can be understood in more than one way. 3
- variable noun ambiguity If you say that there is an ambiguity in a situation or in someone's character, you mean that it contains several different qualities or attitudes which do not fit well together. 3
- noun ambiguity the possibility of interpreting an expression in two or more distinct ways 3
- noun ambiguity an instance of this, as in the sentence they are cooking apples 3
- noun ambiguity vagueness or uncertainty of meaning 3
- noun ambiguity the quality or state of being ambiguous 3
- noun ambiguity an ambiguous word, statement, etc. 3
- noun plural ambiguity doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner. 1
- noun plural ambiguity an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning, etc.: a contract free of ambiguities; the ambiguities of modern poetry. 1
- noun ambiguity Uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language. 1
- noun ambiguity unclear meaning 1
- noun ambiguity sthg unclear 1
- noun ambiguity (Countable Noun) 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. 0
- noun ambiguity (Uncountable Noun) The state of being ambiguous. 0