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Words related to ambiguity
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amphiboly
ambiguity of speech, especially from uncertainty of the grammatical construction rather than of the meaning of the words, as in The Duke yet lives that Henry shall depose. -
clarify
To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail. -
clarity
The clarity of something such as a book or argument is its quality of being well explained and easy to understand. -
disambiguate
to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”. -
equivoque
An expression capable of having more than one meaning; a pun. -
latent ambiguity
uncertainty that arises when a seemingly clear written instrument is matched against an extrinsic fact, as when a description of something being sold fits two different items.