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ambiguous definition
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Overview of adj ambiguous The adj ambiguous has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (9) equivocal, ambiguous -- (open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or often intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question") 2. (4) ambiguous -- (having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy") 3. (1) ambiguous -- ((psychology) having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots") Antonyms of adj ambiguous 3 senses of ambiguous Sense 1 equivocal (vs. unequivocal), ambiguous Sense 2 ambiguous (vs. unambiguous) unambiguous (vs. ambiguous) => monosemous Sense 3 ambiguous INDIRECT (VIA unstructured) -> structured Similarity of adj ambiguous 3 senses of ambiguous Sense 1 equivocal (vs. unequivocal), ambiguous => ambivalent => double, forked => evasive => indeterminate Also See-> ambiguous#2 Sense 2 ambiguous (vs. unambiguous) => double-barreled, double-barrelled => double-edged => enigmatic, oracular => left-handed => multivalent, multi-valued => polysemous, polysemantic => uncertain Also See-> equivocal#1, ambiguous#1; unclear#2 Sense 3 ambiguous => unstructured (vs. structured) Attributes of adj ambiguous Familiarity of adj ambiguous ambiguous used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj ambiguous ambiguous unambiguous Overview of adj ambiguous The adj ambiguous has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (9) equivocal, ambiguous -- (open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or often intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question") 2. (4) ambiguous -- (having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy") 3. (1) ambiguous -- ((psychology) having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots")
ambiguous definition
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